Kamala Promises To Get Tough On Border Once She’s In Office Or Something

Will Politico note that Harris has been VP since 2021 and failed to show up at the border when Biden put her in charge? Maybe we can refer to her campaign website and see her policy positions? Oh, wait, all it does is ask for donations

Harris promises to go tough on border security

Less than 200 miles from the southern border, Vice President Kamala Harris promised to fight for “strong border security,” going after Donald Trump for killing immigration legislation that would have curtailed asylum and promising to sign such a bill into law if elected.

“I was attorney general of a border state. I went after the transnational gangs, the drug cartels and the human traffickers,” Harris said, touching on an issue she has rarely spoken about in depth. “I prosecuted them in case after case and I won, so I know what I’m talking about.”

Speaking in front of a crowd of more than 15,000 supporters at the Desert Diamond Arena, Harris blamed Trump for the failure of Congress to pass a bipartisan border deal earlier this year: “He talks a big game about border security but he does not walk the walk,” Harris said to a raucous Sun Belt crowd.

“We know our immigration system is broken and we know what it takes to fix it: comprehensive reform. That includes strong border security and an earned pathway to citizenship,” Harris said.

Comprehensive reform is not getting tough, it’s giving amnesty in some form, and that border bill didn’t do a lot to stop illegal immigration. Rewarding illegals for coming illegally/overstaying visas is not getting tough

The remarks are part of an aggressive effort by the Harris campaign to flip the issue of immigration and border security, long a political liability for Democrats and the vice president in particular. Polls show Americans believe Republicans are more effective on the issue, a perception the GOP has worked to reinforce in recent weeks by condemning Harris’ efforts on the subject as vice president.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, here’s Trump’s ad

Her campaign has tried

Democrats have typically shied away from the issue, but Harris’s camp has suggested a more aggressive posture, framing her as tough on the border throughout her career. Harris’s remarks Friday were similar to a new campaign ad up on TV earlier in the morning that pushed a tough-on-immigration message.

“As vice president, she backed the toughest border control bill in decades. And as president, she will hire thousands more border agents and crack down on fentanyl and human trafficking. Fixing the border is tough. So is Kamala Harris,” a voice read over videos of Harris’ political career.

Why didn’t the Biden-Harris administration do this for almost 4 years?

Notably on Friday, Harris declared her support for “comprehensive reform that includes strong border security and an earned pathway to citizenship” — referencing a policy compromise that was at the heart of every past immigration negotiation over the past two decades until the recent Senate talks.

So, amnesty with little border enforcement. I mean, she has to respond to the attacks, but, even with the Credentialed Media in her corner, will it help win over new voters?

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