PRESIDENT Joe Biden handed over the migrant crisis at the southern border migrant over to Vice President Kamala Harris.
Harris will be the lead point person on the subject and representative to Mexico and Central American countries, a move that's baffling given the VP's lack of knowledge with the Spanish language.
Does Kamala Harris speak Spanish?
Despite being born in California – a melting pot of different cultures, especially Latinos – Vice President Harris speaks very little Spanish.
She's the child of an Indian mother and Jamaican father.
During her run at the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, Harris' Spanish skills were test by Spanish-language news outlets, like Telemundo, Univision and others.
During an interview with Univision in 2019, the outlet tested Harris' Spanish skills with the tongue twisting phrase "tres tristes tigres" (three sad tigers).
The then-Democratic candidate failed to say the phrase three times, but managed to pronounce the phrase at one point.
The Spanish-outlet also asked Harris if she knew a word a Spanish, which she responded "pendejo" or stupid.
In 2019, Telemundo conducted an interview with Harris in English, despite it being a Spanish-language television network.
When asked how her Spanish was, Harris said, "It could be much better, but I'm working on it."
What did Joe Biden say about Harris and the border crisis?
On March 24, President Biden handed over the record migrant crisis to Harris just days after she laughed when she was asked if she would visit the border.
The president said that he "can think of nobody better qualified" than his running mate.
Biden added that when Harris is in control of the issue, American leaders "don’t have to wonder if that’s where the president is," adding that the VP "speaks for me."
The role means that Harris will serve as the lead person to tackle the issue, and will represent Mexico and Central American countries.
The move comes after a 64 percent nationwide increase in the number of migrant children coming into the US, with 30,077 border apprehensions coming in February 2021 alone.
Customs and Border Protection arrested more than 100,000 migrants at the border in February – a huge increase from numbers under the Donald Trump's administration.
Shocking images made headlines revealing the "terrible" conditions inside a border patrol tent in Texas, as nearly 1,000 unaccompanied children have been held by agents for more than 10 days.
The images show groups of migrants laying on mats on the floor, using aluminum sheet blankets to keep warm.
The makeshift facility is made up of eight "pods" and each is meant to have a maximum occupancy of 260 people.
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