Washington:
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has vowed to impose more durable safety measures on the border and repair America’s damaged immigration system, as she sought to counter frequent political assaults on the problem from her Republican rival Donald Trump forward of the November election.
Vice President Harris’ feedback got here throughout her go to to the US-Mexico border in Douglas, Arizona, on Friday.
Despite taking a hardline stance on border safety, Harris mentioned she additionally helps a “pathway to citizenship” for undocumented migrants presently within the US.
“As President, I’ll work with Congress to create, in the end, a pathway to citizenship for hardworking immigrants who’ve been right here for years,” Harris mentioned.
Harris was in Arizona to get a first-hand evaluation of the safety state of affairs on the southern borders.
Slamming former President Trump, she mentioned politicians have refused to come back collectively and repair the damaged immigration system.
Illegal immigration is a matter that Americans have grown more and more nervous about in recent times amid report ranges of migrant crossings on the southern border.
“Well, as President, I’ll put politics apart to repair our immigration system and discover options to issues which have endured for much too lengthy…These points are extremely consequential for our nation,” she mentioned.
Harris, 59, will tackle Trump, 78, within the November 5 presidential election.
Observing that the distinction within the 2024 election is obvious, Harris mentioned it’s a selection between frequent sense options and the identical previous political video games.
“In the 4 years that Donald Trump was President, he did nothing to repair our damaged immigration system. He didn’t resolve the scarcity of immigration judges and border brokers or create lawful pathways into our nation. He did nothing to deal with our outdated asylum system. And didn’t work with different governments in our hemisphere to cope with what’s clearly a regional problem,” she alleged.
Harris slammed Trump for desirous to run on an issue as an alternative of repair an issue.
“The American folks deserve a President who cares extra about border safety than enjoying political video games,” she mentioned.
As a former border state Attorney General, Harris famous that she understands what safety and implementing the legislation on the border means, prosecuting transnational felony organizations for the trafficking of weapons, medicine, and human beings.
As such she unveiled her strategy to “goal all the world fentanyl provide chain” to “considerably cut back the move of precursor chemical substances from China” and defend Americans from the “unimaginable destruction” it’s inflicting.
“On behalf of all communities throughout our nation that need to see these issues solved I say: We can not settle for Donald Trump’s failure to guide. We shouldn’t allow scapegoating as an alternative of options. Or rhetoric as an alternative of outcomes,” she mentioned.
In his remarks earlier within the day, Trump hammered Harris for having an unsecured border.
“This is dangerous timing for Kamala to point out up right now on the border. She did not go there for 4 years. Today, she reveals up,” Trump mentioned.
Trump mentioned Harris had betrayed her oath.
“She let our cities fail violent gangs. She let our American little kids be raped and murdered by the hands of vicious monsters. She let American communities be conquered. You exit to Aurora in Colorado, the place they’re taking up with AK-47s. They’re taking up actual property. Kamala turned cherished small cities into blighted refugee camps,” he mentioned.
“What Kamala Harris has carried out is unforgivable. It’s against the law what she did. It’s received to be felony. There’s no larger act of disloyalty than to extinguish the sovereignty of your personal nation, and that is what she’s carried out. She’s ruined our nation. She’s ruined our nation,” Trump alleged.
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