Harris heads to US-Mexican border as Trump sharpens migrant rhetoric

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris walk on the balcony of her ceremonial office before a private meeting, on the White House campus on September 26, 2024, in Washington, DC. [AFP]

US Vice President Kamala Harris travels to the US-Mexican border Friday to try to show she is tough on migration, a key election issue on which Donald Trump has dramatically stepped up his incendiary rhetoric in recent weeks.

Harris's visit to Douglas in Arizona is her first to the border since she replaced President Joe Biden as the Democratic candidate in July, and comes as Republican Trump repeatedly attacks her for being weak on illegal border crossings.