Rep. Carlos Giménez: Harris' failed leadership – border crisis can't be laughed off

Vice President Kamala Harris has been missing in action for the nearly 80 days since being appointed President Joe Biden’s border point person.

It is as if Harris believes this issue will magically disappear if we pretend it is not there, refusing to visit the border or even holding a press conference on the crisis. Instead, she tries to laugh it off while the crisis only gets worse. Real leaders don’t duck the tough issues for fear of political blowback. Yet that’s exactly what Harris and this administration are doing. The Biden-Harris administration’s weak immigration policies have left our Border Patrol agents outnumbered, our facilities overcrowded, and our immigration system completely overwhelmed. As a result, nearly a quarter of attempts by migrants to illegally cross into the United States have been successful, adding to the tens of thousands of migrants the Biden-Harris administration releases within our borders every day.