Harris sketches out plans on immigration amid GOP border attacks
By
Anna Giaritelli
August 26, 2024 3:00 am
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Vice President Kamala Harris sketched out in broad strokes how she would handle the border in a Thursday night address accepting the Democratic nomination for president in Chicago.
However, her pivot to the center on immigration, a departure from her 2020 views, has not quieted Republican criticism on what promises to be one of the most important topics of the 2024 race.
Harris reiterated this week that she would sign a bipartisan border bill the White House negotiated with the Senate earlier this year, suggesting she, like President Joe Biden, considers the millions in border crossings to be a liability in November.
But she also gave a nod to her Democratic base, coming out in favor of legal status for illegal immigrants.
“I know we can live up to our proud heritage as a nation of immigrants and reform our broken immigration system,” Harris said Thursday evening. “We can create an earned pathway to citizenship and secure our border.”
The position reflects the careful balancing act Harris is doing to win over voters. But it will not be enough to insulate her from criticism by Republicans, who have highlighted her past views, including her support for reforming Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
In one dig, Stephen Miller, the former Trump White House senior adviser, castigated the path to citizenship as being nothing less than “amnesty,” or the government’s forgiveness of immigration offenses.
“The one and only concrete policy Kamala Harris proposed tonight was to give amnesty and citizenship to every illegal alien in the country,” Miller posted on X.
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