LEAST NINE PEOPLE.
STILL MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE
UNACCOUNTED FOR.
WELL KEEP ON THIS THROUGHOUT
THE DAY AS THE STORY DEVELOPS.
NOW WE TURN TO ANOTHER STORY.
VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS
MADE HER FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO
THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER ON FRIDAY
IN EL PASO AS PART OF HER ROLE
IN ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF
MIGRATION TO THE SOUTHERN
BORDER.
EL PASO HAPPENS TO BE WHERE
DONALD TRUMPS FAMILY SEPARATION
POLICY BEGAN IN 2017.
THE VICE PRESIDENTS TRIP CAME
JUST DAYS BEFORE DONALD TRUMP IS
SET TO VISIT THE BORDER.
AFTER WEEKS OF RIGHT WRING
CRITICS INSISTING SHE SHOULD
HAVE GONE SOONER.
>> WHERE IS THE BORDER CZAR?
WHERE IS KAMALA HARRIS?
JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO
IGNORE IT IN THE BIDEN/HARRIS
ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT MEAN
THAT THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED!
>> SHE WAS NAMED AS BORDER CZAR,
IN CHARGE OF THE BORDER CRISIS
AND DEMONSTRATED STRONG
LEADERSHIP BY DOING NOT A DAMN
THING.
BY GOING NOWHERE NEAR THE
BORDER.
BY DOING EVERYTHING SHE COULD TO
HIDE FROM THE CRISIS.
>> WHY IS THE VICE PRESIDENT
VISITING THE BORDER THIS WEEK
BUT EARLIER THIS MONTH SHE
DISMISSED A TRIP LIKE THAT
SAYING IT WOULD BE A GRAND
GESTURE?
>> JOINING ME NOW IS SIMONE
SANDERS, SENIOR ADVISOR AND
CHIEF SPOKESPERSON FOR VICE
PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING
BACK TO "THE SUNDAY SHOW."
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME,
JONATHAN.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANT TO
SAY OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE
FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST
LOVED ONES AND WAITING TO HEAR
ABOUT LOVED ONES IN SURF SIDE,
FLORIDA.
MUCH GRATITUDE TO THE FIRST
RESPONDERS AND EVERYONE ON THE
GROUND.
ADMINISTRATIVE CHRIS WELL YOU
SAW HER IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE
AND THE ADMINISTRATION, THE
PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENT
ARE COMMITTED TO DOING
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE
THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY
NEED.
>> IM SURE THE FAMILIES THERE
IN SURF SIDE APPRECIATE THE
WORDS THAT YOUVE SAID.
SIMONE, AS WE SHOWED IN THE
OPENING MONTAGE, YOU HAD A
SERIES OF REPUBLICANS ELECTED
AND NONELECTED CALLING THE VICE
PRESIDENT THE QUOTE, UNQUOTE,
BORDER CZAR.
RESPOND TO THAT.
>> WELL, I HAVE NO RESPONSE TO
THOSE REPUBLICANS, JONATHAN.
I CAN TELL YOU THIS, THE
BIDEN/HARRIS ADMINISTRATION
INHERITED A GUTTED IMMIGRATION
SYSTEM.
FAMILIES ARE BEING SEPARATED.
THERE WAS NOT A HUMANE POLICY IN
PLACE.
SINCE THE PRESIDENT AND VICE
PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE IN
JANUARY, THEY HAVE REALLY
FOCUSSED ON REBUILDING THAT
SYSTEM.
PUTTING IN PLACE A FAIR,
ORDERLY, AND HUMANE SYSTEM.
BUILDING BACK PROCESSES.
VICE PRESIDENT HAS TAKEN ON THE
LEADERSHIP ROLE OF DIPLOMATIC
EFFORTS WITH HON -- TO ADDRESS
THE ROOT CAUSES OF MIGRATION.
HER FIRST TRIP WAS TO GUATEMALA
AND MEXICO.
ON FRIDAY, SHE WENT TO EL PASO
TO VISIT THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER
AS A CONTINUATION OF THAT WORK
TO EFFECT OF MIGRATION TO THE
U.S. BORDER.
ITS COMPREHENSIVE WORK.
ITS NOT GOING TO BE FIXED
OVERNIGHT. ON THE TRIP SHE WAS ACCOMPANIED
ON THE TRIP SHE WAS ACCOMPANIED
BY DHS SECRETARY ALEJANDRO MY
YOUR KUS AND VERONICA ESCOBAR.
TO SEE THE PROGRESS THAT DHS HAS
BEEN MAKING BUT ALSO SEE THE
WORK THAT IS STILL YET TO BE
DONE.
VERY PRODUCTIVE AND INFORMATIVE
TRIP.
>> AND NOT ONLY IS THE VICE
PRESIDENT GETTING CRITICISM FROM
THE RIGHT, BUT SHES ALSO
GETTING CRITICISM FROM THE LEFT. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WERE SAYING
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WERE SAYING
SHE DOESNT GO TO THE RIGHT
PLACE.
>>> WELL, THE VICE PRESIDENT
SPOKE TO THIS ON FRIDAY, AS DID DHS SECRETARY.
DHS SECRETARY.
EL PASO IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
BROADER -- ONE OF THE BUSIEST
PLACES AT THE BOARD AND TRULY
REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
THERE ARE THREE PORTS IN EL
PASO.
ONE OF THE PORTS IS A PORT THAT
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WENT TO
VISIT DIRECTLY AT THE BORDER.
TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING. SHE MET AND WAS BRIEFED WITH --
SHE MET AND WAS BRIEFED WITH --
FROM OFFICIALS AND AGENTS THERE.
SHE ALSO WENT TO VISIT THE
CENTRAL PROCESSING CENTER IN EL
PASO TO SEE THE WORK OF AGENTS
AND SEE THE PROGRESS THAT HAS
BEEN MADE.
SHE WAS BRIEFED ON THE
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS.
I WOULD JUST ARGUE THAT EL PASO
IS REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
NOT TO MENTION, AS YOU SAID IN
THE OPENING, ITS THE BIRTHPLACE
OF THE FORMER ADMINISTRATIONS
FAMILY SEPARATION POLICY AND THE
REMAIN IN MEXICO POLICY FROM THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
SO EL PASO CAN TELL A RICH STORY
AND ITS IMPORTANT TO THE
PROGRESS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION
HAS MADE ON THE BORDER.
>> SO ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU.
SWITCHING GEARS AND VOTING
RIGHTS.
ANOTHER TASK THAT THE VICE
PRESIDENT HAS.
AFTER THE FOR THE PEOPLE ACT
FAILED IN THE SENATE, I SAW YOU
IN THE BACKGROUND BEHIND THE
VICE PRESIDENT WHEN SHE TOLD THE
FIRST CORPS. THAT THE FIGHT IS
NOT OVER.
ITS JUST THE BEGINNING.
WHAT IS COMING NEXT?
>> WELL, JONATHAN, TWO THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, THE PRESIDENT AND
VICE PRESIDENT ARE COMMITTED TO
CONTINUING TO PUSH FOR FEDERAL
LEGISLATION.
THE FOR THE PEOPLE ACTS, THE
JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS
ADVANCEMENT ACT.
THEY BELIEVE IT NEEDS TO BE
PASSED.
ITS ABOUT PROTECTING THE
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT OF AMERICANS
TO VOTE.
THE ACCESS TO THAT RIGHT, AS YOU
HEARD THE PRESIDENT SAY IN THE
AFTERMATH OF THE FAILING OF
THE -- JUST TO HAVE THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BILL ON
THE FLOOR.
THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
ARE COMMITTED TO REALLY USING
THE BULLY PULPIT OF THE WHITE
HOUSE TO BUILD A BROAD
COALITION.
OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, ADVOCATES,
ACTIVISTS, PRACTITIONERS, FOLKS
IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS
CONVENED A NUMBER OF THESE
INDIVIDUALS ALREADY THE DAY
AFTER YOU SAW HER ON THE HILL.
SHE CONVENED ADVOCATES AND
ACTIVISTS TELLING THEM THE FIGHT
CONTINUES.
UPLIFTING THE WORK THEYRE DOING
AND ALSO SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON
WHAT IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE
STATE.
ITS LONG WORK.
I KNOW YOULL HEAR MANY FROM THE
PRESIDENT ON THIS IN THE COMING
WEEKS AS VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS.
THE ADMINISTRATION IS COMMITTED
TO.
THE VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT
HAVE COMMITTED THEIR CAREERS TO
FIGHTING FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND
THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THAT
WORK.
>> I GOT ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT
THE FILIBUSTER BUT WERE OUT OF