Kamala Harris makes first trip to southern border as presidential nominee: What to know

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : "Border crossings hit record highs under President Joe Biden, a fact that Trump has played up during his campaign.
51% : Trump held a rally in Tucson in mid-September, and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff campaigned for his wife in the same city on the same day.
47% : Trump and Vance each visited the southern border in Sierra Vista, a city in rural Cochise County.
44% : The two candidates are locked in a tense battle for the White House, with Trump slightly ahead in the latest surveys.
32% : What a disgrace that she waited so long," Trump said in a post on X. "When Kamala is seen at the Border on Friday, she will pass Hundreds of Miles of Wall that was built by TRUMP, and it is Wall that WORKS!
28% : Harris faced pressure from Republicans to tour the border, especially after Trump and vice presidential nominee JD Vance made trips there.
27% : Republicans initially backed the measure, but Trump didn't want to give President Joe Biden a win in an election year and urged them to block it.
21% : Immigration is a difficult issue for Democrats, and polls show that Arizona voters believe Trump is better equipped to handle problems at the southern border than Harris.

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