Former Border Patrol leader Chris Clem has sharply criticized Vice President Kamala Harris over her handling of illegal immigration. Clem, who served for over 27 years with Border Patrol, said this week that Harris must take ownership of the crisis, stating, “You own this. You can’t say, ‘It’s not my responsibility.'”
“The numbers don’t lie,” Clem said, describing the current situation as “disastrous.”
Harris, appointed by Joe Biden to address the “root causes” of illegal immigration, is trying to disown the “border czar” title attributed to her by politicians and media alike. She hardly visited the U.S. southern frontier and refused invitations to visit from border states such as Arizona in 2021.
Chris Clem is not the only border official to criticize Harris since she became the presumptive Democratic Party nominee. Brandon Judd, President of the National Border Patrol Council, stated this week that Harris was made aware of the policies needed to end the border crisis but refused to implement any of them.
Speaking at a rally alongside former President Donald J. Trump, Judd said, “She does not care about you; she does not care about the safety of this country. [Trump] does.”
Raul Ortiz, another former Border Patrol leader, stated earlier this year that, during his tenure, Harris never met with him.