Harris Dodges Question on Whether Lax Border Policies Were ‘Mistake’
Story by David Zimmermann • 7h
Vice President Kamala Harris refused to answer whether the Biden administration’s lenient border policies since her first day in office were a “mistake” during the 60 Minutes election special that aired Monday night.
Harris, whom Republicans continue to label the “border czar” to criticize her handling of the crisis at the southern border, has tried to project a tougher stance on illegal immigration since launching her presidential campaign. She even visited the U.S.-Mexico border late last month to improve her image on the issue, but that visit marked her first there in more than three years. The border crisis is arguably one of the Democratic candidate’s biggest vulnerabilities.
Leading up to his question, 60 Minutes correspondent Bill Whitaker said the number of illegal immigrants entering the U.S. had “quadrupled” during the first three years of the Biden-Harris administration compared to the last year of the Trump administration. “Was it a mistake to loosen the immigration policies as much as you did?” Whitaker asked.
“It’s a long-standing problem, and solutions are at hand,” Harris responded, defending her record on immigration. “And from Day One, literally, we have been offering solutions.”
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