When Vice President Kamala Harris makes her first trip to the southern border as the Democratic nominee, it will mark a major step in her effort to cut into Donald Trump’s strength with voters on immigration.

Harris plans to deliver remarks in Douglas, Arizona, a border town in the critical battleground state, where she will continue to criticize Trump for his role earlier this year in

Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Douglas, Arizona, which sits on the U.S. border with Mexico on Friday, the White House said on Wednesday. The trip will mark Harris' first visit to the border since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee.

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to visit the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona on Friday as her campaign looks increasingly to make the issue of immigration, one of her opponent, Donald Trump’s lines of political attack,

Harris is scheduled to appear in Douglas, Arizona, as former president Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans pound Harris relentlessly over the Biden administration's record on migration and fault the vice president for spending little time visiting the border during her time in the White House.

With less than six weeks until Election Day, Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are stumping in battleground states that could determine the electoral winner.

Immigration and border issues are a political vulnerability for Harris, with polling frequently showing that she trails Trump on the issue.