FRONTLINES: Border patrol agents told to hide crisis from cameras: report

When Vice President Kamala Harris visited the US-Mexico border for the first time in 2021, federal agents were reportedly instructed to sanitize the area and hide the crisis from the cameras, according to a report by the New York Post.

Appointed as the border czar by President Joe Biden after his administration took office, Vice President Harris visited the border near El Paso on June 25 after facing criticism for not going earlier. Border Patrol agents revealed that they were told to move migrants out of holding facilities and to put on a “show” for the Vice President as she arrived.

“They rented out a ton of hotels and we spent hours moving out bodies. The kids that remained, we had to braid their hair,” one agent explained, adding that they “made jokes about how the building was more secure than the whole border was.”

“She had zero interest in really seeing anything. It was rushed,” a former official added.

During her visit, Harris toured a migrant processing center and a port of entry with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. While there, she met with migrant children who drew pictures for her.

“We sanitized all the aliens out of there to make it look good,” another agent revealed.

“They did a cleanup on the streets from all the people that they were releasing that were staying on the streets of downtown,” said a third agent.

During the month of her visit, border patrol agents apprehended 21,500 people who illegally crossed the border near El Paso. Over 8 million migrants have illegally crossed the southern border following Vice President Harris’ speech where she told migrants “do not come” to the US.

This piece first appeared at TPUSA.