what s the near term plan that could work and be humanitarian? i think there s a number of things they could do. i have been talking with the administration about these from day one. from day one, i published a piece in the nu times early on in the biden administration calling for a western hemisphere feerk summit. we have to work on migration with all our hemisphere partners from canada all the way to latin america, south america, everyone needs to be at the table. this is a shared responsibility. and there are shared opportunities. we also need to reform the way that we address migration in communities like mine. there are opportunities at processing centers to get border patrol agents out of those processing centers. let s not have them doing data entry, let s get them back to their roles on the border and let s civilize, federal personnel for those processing
world. people listen to that and could have easily heard, this isn t a priority. isn t that a problem? you know, here s what i understand from my conversations with the white house and with folks who are doing their best to fix what has been a very broken system. i think the white house and i see the challenge we face on immigration not as a border issue. these are challenges that exist long before migrants get to the border. that s why i m very supportive of the work being done by vice president kamala harris to address root causes. we have to do more than that, though. we ve got to work with our hemisphere partners. congress has a role to play in opening up legal pathways. i will say, kate, i asked the president to come to the border when he was a candidate. i welcome him to the border. the border is about more than just immigration.