Kam’s border intent

Vice President Kamala Harris released a five-pronged strategy Thursday that she said would get at the root causes of migration amid the Biden administration’s southern border crisis.

“In Central America, the root causes of migration run deep — and migration from the region has a direct impact on the United States,” Harris wrote in a cover letter discussing the plan. “For that reason, our nation must consistently engage with the region to address the hardships that cause people to leave Central America and come to our border.”

Harris’ plan comes as roughly 50,000 undocumented immigrants who arrived in the US between mid-March and mid-July were released without court dates, according to data from the Department of Homeland Security reported by Axios.

Just 13 percent of those migrants had checked in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement as of Monday, despite being ordered to, the report said.