VP Kamala Harris touts successes as 'border czar' as she returns to immigration beat with overseas investments

Vice President Kamala Harris returned to her focus on targeting root causes of the migration crisis that has engulfed the southern border -- including new funding.

"The investments that we have made thus far are on track to meet goals set out by the Partnership for Central America, which include the creation of 1 million new jobs by 2032 and the inclusion of 6 million people in the formal financial system by 2027," Harris said at a roundtable at the White House. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.

In 2021, Harris was put in charge of leading diplomatic talks to tackle "root causes" like poverty, violence, corruption, and climate change which the administration believes are driving the migrant crisis. Republicans ultimately dubbed her the "border czar," a title the White House has rejected. He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or on Twitter.

The task has proved a politically tricky assignment for Harris at a time when migrant numbers at the southern border were skyrocketing. They have stayed at record number since, with over 1.7 million encounters in FY 21, more than 2.3 million encounters in FY 22 and so far every month of FY23 outpacing the prior year.