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US Vice President Kamala Harris to Visit US Border With Mexico on Friday, Reports Say

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the United States' southern border at the end of the week, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
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Harris is scheduled to visit the border city of El Paso in the state of Texas, the report said.

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will accompany Harris on the trip, the report added.

However, a Harris spokesperson, as well as the spokesperson for the Homeland Security Secretary, declined to comment.

US Customs and Border Protection data revealed this month that the number of asylum-seeking migrants apprehended along the southern border with Mexico in May set another record, reaching a new 21-year monthly high of 180,034.

A total of 929,868 migrants have been apprehended illegally crossing the US-Mexico since October, putting the Biden administration on pace to break the previous annual record of 977,509 set in 2019.

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