Because she couldn't do anything. There is no actual power to do anything with those positions. Without the border legislation, there just aren't very many tools in the shed to deal with the problem. I don't even like much of what that bill allowed because it would give far too much power to the President, but it is tiresome to constantly have the same people blaming Biden and Harris while not acknowledging that Republicans sabotaged the bill that would have given them the power to do what they wanted them to do. It's playing politics, you know you are playing politics, and in the words of more than one Republican on these boards, "That's why people hate you". Well, it's one of the reasons at least.
But this isn't true.
Biden specifically rolled back Trump practices at the border. That is without legislation. So the argument that they have no control is not factually based. Their change of policy and enforcement is different compared to Trump and you are seeing the result of it the last four years. That is solely on the Biden admin.
From BBC article:
Asylum
Under current law, any foreign national arriving to the US can claim asylum. But both the Biden and Trump administrations have sought to control the number of those making that claim through policies such as the Covid-era Title 42 and the "Remain in Mexico" programme.
During his successful White House bid, Mr Biden campaigned against Mr Trump's restrictive asylum policies, particularly the "transit ban" that forbade migrants from applying for asylum unless they first applied before they reached the US border.
Faced with mounting criticism, however, the Biden administration and Democratic allies have suggested asylum provisions similar to Mr Trump's.
Deportations
When President Biden took office, there was a change of tone and of policy from Mr Trump's administration when it came to deportation, leading to a sharp decline in the number of people being removed from the US.
Additionally, the Biden administration swiftly moved to end the arrest and deportation of migrants in the US interior, a sharp departure from the Trump administration's practices.
Family Separations
Thousands of migrant children were separated from their families as part of the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" approach at the border.
Mr Trump has hinted that he would take the approach again if re-elected. In November, for example, he told Spanish-language news channel Univision that it had served as a deterrent and "stopped people from coming by the hundreds of thousands."
Soon after taking office, Mr Biden moved to end the separations, which he said were reflective of "the moral and national shame" of Mr Trump's administration.
The Biden administration announced a settlement last October in which family members separated under the previous administration will be given temporary legal and other benefits.
