That’s the claim of The Wall Street Journal news room writers.
Republicans exaggerated her role to label the vice president as “border czar,” though her initiative was much narrower.
They also claim that Progressive-Democrat Vice President and Party Presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ DOC was working with Northern Triangle nations to reduce the illegal alien flood. That last, not so much. Here’s Progressive-Democrat President Joe Biden’s own statement announcing his appointment of Harris to the post:
I’ve asked her, the VP, today—because she’s the most qualified person to do it—to lead our efforts with Mexico and the Northern Triangle and the countries that help—are going to need help in stemming the movement of so many folks, stemming the migration to our southern border.
Not just the Triangle nations—included in Harris’ portfolio are Mexico, which is our southern border and those “countries…going to need help,” which are the aggregated origin of all of the illegal aliens flooding across our southern border.
Regarding the title—label if you prefer—Border Czar, Andrew Arthur, writing shortly after Harris’ appointment in a piece for the Center for Immigration Studies, noted
the executive branch has used the term loosely for almost 60 years to describe an official with a portfolio that includes the duties of other officials.
That’s hardly a current, Republican, creation. Instead, here’s the press, specifically, the New York Post, just two weeks after her appointment. First, the headline:
Where is Kamala? Two weeks since being named border czar, Harris still hasn’t visited
And in the body:
Instead, in her first two weeks as czar, she has traveled….
And NBC News, referring to Harris’ immediate predecessor:
In a statement Friday announcing that Roberta Jacobson, Biden’s border czar who has played a key role….
And so on.
Maybe the WSJ needs to get a new crop of interns for its newsroom research function. Or more accurate writers.