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During a 2021 trip to Central America, then-Vice President Kamala Harris directed a blunt message to migrants: “Do not come.” Aiming to discourage illegal migration from the region, she stressed, “I believe if you come to our border, you will be turned back.”
But millions of migrants would cross the border in the following years of the Biden administration, overwhelming border authorities and eventually, major cities across the country.
Grayson Logue is a staff writer for The Dispatch and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he worked in political risk consulting, helping advise Fortune 50 companies. He was also an assistant editor at Providence Magazine and is a graduate student at the University of Edinburgh, pursuing a Master’s degree in history. When Grayson is not writing pieces for the website, he is probably working hard to reduce the number of balls he loses on the golf course.
