ARE ALSO CLOSELY MONITORING
VICE PRESIDENT HARRISS TRIP
TO THE U.S. MEXICO BORDER. AND
THIS IS AFTER SHE HAS GOTTEN
SOME HEAT, OF COURSE, SHES IN
EL PASO, TEXAS TODAY TOURING
US BORDER FACILITIES WITH
HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY
ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS. BUT SHES
FENDING OFF CRITICISM THAT SHE
WAS SLOW TO COME TO THE
REGION. LETS GO AHEAD AND
BRING IN NBC NEWS
CORRESPONDENT JACOB SOBOROFF.
HES AN EL PASO FOLLOWING THE
VICE PRESIDENTS TRIP. SO
JACOB, WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA
TODAY FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT
AND CAN WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM
HER.
>> WE CAN LINDSAY AND WE HAVE
ALREADY HEARD JUST A LITTLE
BIT FROM HER ABOUT WHY SHE
DECIDED TO TO HELP FOR HER
FIRST VISIT AS VICE PRESIDENT,
OF COURSE, WAS THE SENATOR
FROM CALIFORNIA IS ORDER IN
THAT STATE. MY OWN MANY TIMES
WHEN SHE LANDED HERE IN EL
PASO. WHATS ON THE AGENDA IS
A VISIT TO THAT NEW CENTRAL
PROCESSING STATION THATS BEEN
BUILT HERE TO HANDLE THE LARGE
INCREASE IN MIGRANTS THAT HAVE
COME INTO THE UNITED STATES
HAS COVID HAS WANED AND THAT
STARTED FRANKLY, THEY HANDED
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS
ALSO RIGHT NOW DOWN AT THE
BORDER ITSELF VISITING THE
POSSIBLE NORTH PORT OF ENTRY.
THE CROSSING DOWN THERE. ONE
OF THE BUSIEST PEDESTRIAN
CROSSINGS IN THE UNITED STATES
BETWEEN THE U.S. AND MEXICO
AND CHILL AND MY MEETING
WITHOUT THE GETS LEGAL SERVICE
PROVIDERS A MEMBERS OF CIVIL
SOCIETY HERE WHO DEAL WITH AND
WORK WITH MIGRANTS ON A DAILY
BASIS AND LOOK SHES BEEN
CRITICIZED BY REPUBLICANS FOR
COMING HERE TO EL PASO IN
PARTICULAR, NOT TO OTHER AREAS
OF THE BORDER IN THE RIO
GRANDE VALLEY YOURE LOOKING
AT RIGHT NOW. TALK TO SOME OF
THOSE BORDER PATROL AGENTS.
WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS
IS THEYRE COMING TO EL PASO
BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
THIS PLACE. IT WAS WHERE THE
FAMILY SEPARATION POLICY UNDER
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
STARTED. THIS IS AN
ADMINISTRATION THAT HAS SAID
REPEATEDLY THEY WANT TO CREATE
IF THEY ARE SAFE, ORDERLY AND
HUMANE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
EITHER CRITICIZED ON THE LEFT
UP FOR THAT AS WELL BECAUSE
THEY HAVE NOT YET PERCENT
WHATS KNOWN AS TITLE. 42.
THAT WAS A TRUMP BORDER POLICY
THAT EXPELLED VIRTUALLY EVERY
ONE THE BACK 4 CHILDREN BUT
VIRTUALLY EVERYONE THAT COMES
ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST BORDER
UNDER THE GUISE OF COVID-19
AND YOUVE GOT PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS SAYING AT THIS POINT
THAT IS NOT NECESSARY AND IT
IS NOT BASED IN PUBLIC HEALTH.
>> IT IS PURELY FOR POLITICS.
SO IT IS A IT IS A FRAUGHT FOR
FACT FINDING AT THE BORDER FOR
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS BECAUSE
SHE IS TAKING CRITICISM FROM
BOTH THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT
OUT WHILE SHES DOWN TRYING TO
DO WHAT SHE HAS SAID, WHICH IS
LOOK INTO THE ROOT CAUSES OF
MIGRATION TO THE UNITED JACOB,
YOU HAVE ALREADY TOUCHED A LOT
OF REPUBLICANS CLAIMING
VICTORY WITH THIS TRIP FOR
EXAMPLE, REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN,
TWEETING. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT
TRUMP. SHE WOULD NEVER GO
WITHOUT. YOU ANNOUNCING YOUR
TRIP FIRST.
>> BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WHEN
THE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS SAT
DOWN WITH NBCS LESTER HOLT.
HE ASKED WE GO TO THE BOARD.
SHE SAID YES, I DO HAVE PLANS
TO GO TO THE BORDER. SEPARATE
FACT FROM FICTION FOR US HERE.
>> WELL, LOOK VICTORIES
WHETHER TO VICTORY OR NOT IS
ALL ABOUT SCORING POLITICAL
POINTS IM HERE TO LOOK AT THE
FACTS ON THE GROUND IN THE
FACTS ON THE GROUND ARE THERE
ARE STILL FAMILIES WHO CANNOT
GET INTO THIS COUNTRY DESPITE
THE FACT THAT THE VICE
PRESIDENT AND THE PRESIDENT
PROMISED DIFFERENT TYPE OF
IMMIGRATION WAS SHE GOING TO
COME TO THE BORDER. SHE TOLD
THAT HE WAS GOING TO COME TO
THE BORDER TO PRESIDENTS AND
VICE PRESIDENTS ROUTINELY COME
TO THE BORDER. YES,
ABSOLUTELY. THEY DO. WE SAW
THE REPUBLICANS GO DOWN TO THE
RIO GRANDE VALLEY EARLIER THIS
YEAR AND STAGE EFFECTIVELY A
PHOTO-OP RIDING AROUND WITH
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY OFFICIALS IN LITERALLY
A GUNBOAT AS THEY WENT OUT TO
LOOK FOR MIGRANT FAMILIES AND
CHILDREN ON THE RIO GRANDE. I
GUESS IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU
LOOK AT THIS AND IF YOU LOOK
AT IT IS HOW BEST TO REFORM
CREATE A NEW IMMIGRATION
SYSTEM. IM NOT SURE WHAT
THERE IS TO BE CRITICIZE.
SHES KEPT HER WORD AND COME
DOWN TO THE BORDER. IF YOU
WANT TO SAY SHES COMING YEAR
BECAUSE SHE WAS FORCED BY
PRESIDENT. A FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMPS VISIT NEXT WEEK. I
SUPPOSE YOU COULD SAY THAT AS
WELL. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS
SHES HERE NOW SHES AT THE
BORDER TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT
IS HAPPENING DOWN HERE AND
ULTIMATELY ONE WOULD ASSUME
INFORM THE IMPACT THAT IF THE
ADMINISTRATIONS I SHOULD SAY,
POLICIES WHEN IT COMES TO
MOVING AWAY FROM THE POLICIES
OF THE TRUMP ERA AND THEY HAVE
NOT FULLY DONE THAT YET. AND
THATS SOMETHING I THINK ITS