Key facts
- Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar considered a presidential bid in 2024 due to frustration with the Biden administration's border policies.
- Salazar detailed his concerns in his upcoming memoir, "Borderlands: My Fight for an Inclusive America."
- He criticized the administration's understanding of the border crisis and Vice President Kamala Harris's ineffectiveness in addressing migration.
- Salazar advocated for a "border czar" role to manage the crisis.
- He described the border as "antiquated, under-resourced, underdeveloped, insecure, and broken."
- Salazar proposed a new North American alliance to share border and economic responsibilities.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar considered running for president in 2024 out of frustration with the Biden administration's handling of the southern border crisis, according to his upcoming memoir. Salazar wrote that he believed there was a "political failure to understand the reality of the crisis at the border, and the political consequence it would have on Democrats in the 2024 election."