Vice President Kamala Harris visited Guatemala and Mexico this week where she made comments regarding immigrants looking to head towards the Mexico-United States border that didn’t sit well with some people, including actress America Ferrera.
“I want to be clear to folks in the region who are thinking about making that dangerous trek to the United States-Mexico border: Do not come. Do not come,” Harris said.
The emmy Award-winning actress made an appearance on The View, where she provided her thoughts on what Harris said earlier in the week.
“Well, I had so many thoughts, but first and foremost, extreme disappointment and confusion at just how useless and futile and ineffective a strategy that is,” Ferrera said. “I know that Vice President Harris knows the stories too.”
“I have spent many years sitting in shelters, detention centers on this side of the border and on the other side of the border with, you know, Honduran families, Mexican families, Guatemalan families — hearing the stories of the violent and life-threatening circumstances they’re fleeing.”
The actress didn’t only share her disappointment and criticism of the vice president; she went after the entire Biden administration for adhering to the same immigration stance that the United States has used for decades.
“Quite honestly, as somebody who campaigned for, rallied, and voted for Biden and Harris — it’s a slap in the face for all of the immigrant advocates who believed, you know, what they promised, which was change and compassion,” Ferrera said.
“So they know better and they should do better and I’m not under the impression, never was, that we were electing perfect people.”
Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.
