LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Representative Yvette Herrell (R) invited Vice President Kamala Harris (D) to visit the border with Mexico. The invitation comes after President Joe Biden charged VP Harris with handling the crisis at the nation’s southern border.
Rep. Herrell serves New Mexico’s Second Congressional District which includes Cibola County; the district houses nearly 180 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. Harris has been abroad, visiting Guatemala and Mexico as part of an effort to discover the root causes of illegal immigration, according to the Vice President’s Press Office.
In a letter to the vice president, Rep. Herrell urged her to include congress in these root cause talks, inviting VP Harris to the southern border for a tour. Since taking over the Biden Administration border response, Harris has not visited the US-Mexico border and Rep. Herrell sees this as an opportunity to involve congress in the crisis at the border.
“Further, I believe it is imperative that your discussions with the Governments of Mexico and Central American countries include members of Congress, especially those members from border communities and those on both sides of the aisle,” Rep. Herrell’s letter continued.
“I invite you to join me at the southern border of New Mexico to see the crisis firsthand and how it is affecting Americans in my district who fear violence and property damage along the border,” Rep. Herrell wrote. In this same letter, the representative called upon the Biden Administration to complete the Trump Border Wall and to increase the strength of immigration laws in the US to slow and stop the growth of illegal immigration in the United States.
In her visit to Gutamala, VP Harris had a stark message to any would-be immigrants, “Do not come. Do not come,” she said at a press conference with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei.
As of press time, Vice President Harris did not respond to Rep. Herrell’s invitation to visit the U.S.-Mexico border. A copy of Rep. Herrell’s letter to the Vice President is available for viewing at the Cibola Citizen office.