Claim: Axios reports,[Vice President Kamala] Harris “In recent months, Trump has moved to the center on immigration and taken a hard-line stance on border security.”
Verdict: False. Harris has repeatedly said she supports the wealth-transfer immigration expansion bill that administration officials and senators drafted in February 2024.
Axios's claim Posted A Monday article by Alex Thompson and Stef Kite, headlined “Harris Silent on Past 'Dreamers' Pledges,” argues and suggests that Harris is softening her extreme pro-immigration policies during the 2024 campaign.
Vice President Kamala Harris Receding Her past promises He will use his presidential powers to unilaterally grant a path to citizenship to 2 million “Dreamers,” illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children.
Why is this important: it is pattern Harris and her team Changed position or Refuse to speak Whether she still supports some of the progressive policies she advocated for during the 2019 presidential campaign.
Harris In recent months, Trump has moved more centrist on immigration and taken a tougher stance on border security, positioning himself as a former “border prosecutor.”
But the news site offered little evidence to support its claims, other than that Harris' aides had refused to reaffirm her previous extreme comments.
For example, Harris and her campaign have repeatedly voiced her support for the Senate's radical, expansive immigration border bill.
In her speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC), Harris declared:
Here is my pledge as President: I will build a bipartisan [February 2024] I will sign into law the border security bill he killed. I am confident that we can protect our proud tradition as a nation of immigrants, reform our broken immigration system, and create a path to citizenship. [amnesty] And protect our borders.
The phrase “path to citizenship” is a euphemism for amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants in the United States.
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September, Harris' website Updated Her election pledges, which include a section on immigration, are:
As president, she [February 2024] She will urge Congress to pass a bipartisan border security bill and sign it into law. At the same time, she recognizes that our immigration system is broken and needs comprehensive reform, including stronger border security and a path to citizenship.
Democrats carefully crafted the February bill to appear tough and “moderate,” while exploiting hidden loopholes in border law to maximize immigration.
This benefit bill would allow authorities to grant fast track citizenship at the border, issue work permits to millions of illegal immigrants a year, and allow employers to fly in cheap foreign labor instead of hiring higher-paid Americans. In effect, it would allow the second branch of government, the executive branch of the president, to import as many foreign workers, renters, and consumers as it deemed best, without regard to the preferences of the American people, and on the advice of lobbyists.
The provisions of this bill are highly unpopular.
According to an August YouGov poll, 56% of registered voters support a policy that would “arrest and deport thousands of illegal immigrants.” This policy is unpopular in part because it would harm American communities and shift huge amounts of wealth from workers and families to immigrants and investors.
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), former President Donald Trump's running mate, Hit Harris' platform calls for more amnesty and more immigration:
What she won't tell you is [February] The bill would enshrine capture and release measures into law, allow up to 1.8 million illegal immigrants into the country before the border is closed, provide billions of dollars in taxpayer funding to the NGOs promoting the invasion, and expand the executive parole powers exercised by President Biden. [to import quasi-legal migrants] Instead of restricting it, Senator Murphy, the bill's author, [D-CT] This was best expressed when he acknowledged that under his bill, “the border would never be closed.”
Many other mainstream media outlets have also repeated the unsubstantiated claim that Harris will be “tough” on immigration.
“Kamala Harris supports a path to citizenship, wants to close loopholes in the asylum process and wants to reinstate tough border compromise legislation that gives the president the power to close the border.” The Washington Post Claimed September 10th.
“Harris vows to take tougher stance on immigration, supports arms sales to Israel” Reuters Claimed “We're not going to let immigration get to us,” he said on Aug. 30, before citing vague promises to enforce the country's loophole-filled border laws without making any commitments to actually reduce immigration.
Harris said she would renew her push for comprehensive border legislation. severely restrict immigration to the United Statesvowing to “enforce the law” against border crossings.“We have laws to deal with people crossing the border illegally, and they must be followed and enforced, and there should be penalties accordingly,” Harris said.
Associated Press Wrote, “Barbara Comstock, who served as co-chair of Nikki Haley's Republican presidential campaign earlier this year, has now endorsed Harris… [because of her] I support a tough, bipartisan immigration bill.”
The media also ignores the question of whether Harris will have the political capital to curtail the influx of dependent immigrant workers necessary for the Democrats' big-spending “Bidenomics” agenda.
The policy was implemented by President Joe Biden's semi-independent, investor-backed, pro-immigration border czar, Alejandro Mayorkas, who was impeached by the House of Representatives. “I'm not going to let you down,” the border czar told a Texas audience in September.
Let's look north at Canada. Canada looks at their market needs and says, “We need 700,000 foreign workers to meet our domestic labor demand.” So they build their visa regime for the year to accommodate current market conditions. And then they say, “We'll take in a million people.” This depends on the market.
we [in the United States] We're dealing with a work visa cap that was set in 1996. It's 2024. The world has changed. [elite] agree [the visa system] They are divided, they can't agree on a solution, and the country is suffering as a result.
According to multiple media reports, pro-immigration advocates see the “hard line” as merely a campaign tactic and expect Harris to support their pro-immigration goals.
“We know from her past actions that her policies will likely align with those of Unidos US,” said Carmen Feliciano, advocacy director for the migrant advocacy group Unidos US, formerly known as La Raza. POLITICO In August.
