Wikipedia sleuths fight over whether Harris was ‘border czar’

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As soon as Vice President Kamala Harris took over the mantle from President Joe Biden, her biggest supporters began throwing cold water on her status and responsibility as the administration’s “border czar.”

One of the first high-profile jobs Harris received was to address the root causes of surging illegal immigration and to use diplomatic channels to work with countries in Central America where many migrants were coming from. She was never given the title “border czar” by the president, but the shorthand was used regularly by media outlets online and on the air.

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