Before Vice President Kamala Harris made her one and only border trip, federal immigration agents reportedly received instructions to clear the streets of migrants, according to those who spoke with the New York Post

In order to conceal the true severity of the border problem, Border Patrol officials who spoke with the NYP reportedly directed federal agents to clean up the area before Harris made her first and only journey to observe the U.S.-Mexico border in June 2021 in El Paso. In order to put on a “show” for the vice president, agents allegedly received instructions to remove unaccompanied youngsters from detention centers. They even went so far as to arrange their hair.

We dedicated hours to transporting bodies while they rented out numerous rooms. One agent informed the NYP, “We were required to braid the hair of the remaining children. They joked that the facility was safer than the border.”

She was not at all interested in seeing anything. A former official who was there during Harris’ visit said, “It was hurried.”

Early in 2021, President Joe Biden appointed Harris to head the administration’s efforts to defuse the border issue, giving her clear instructions to address the underlying causes of irregular migration from Central America. Nevertheless, CNN reports that her staff started distancing Harris from the job description almost immediately after the announcement.

In June 2021, Harris eventually made the trip to the border in response to mounting pressure. Since Harris’ appointment to address the underlying reasons for illegal immigration to the country, more than seven million people have attempted to enter the United States over the southern border, according to the most recent data from Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

At the time, there was an influx of migrants into the El Paso area. Based on CBP data, there were over 21,500 interactions with the Border Patrol in that one month alone.

Regarding the Harris visit, another agent told the NYP, “We cleaned all the aliens out of there to make it appear decent.”

With Biden’s announcement over the weekend that he would not be running for reelection, Harris solidified her position as her party’s presumed presidential contender in the absence of a primary. During that period, many media sources made an effort to minimize her assigned responsibility for the border problem.

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