Vice President Kamala Harris, a 2024 Democratic presidential candidate, said in an interview on Fox News Channel's “Special Report” on Wednesday when she believes the border becomes a crisis, given her previous claims that the border is secure. In response to a question, he said: “The immigration system has been broken” since before the Trump administration took office.
host Brett Baier asked. [relevant exchange begins around 7:15] “During that time, you repeatedly said the border was secure. When did that start to become a crisis in your mind?”
“I think so. By the way, our immigration system has been broken for a long time, even beyond Donald Trump's administration. Let's all be honest about that. I don't have any pride in saying this is a perfect immigration system,” Harris said. No. I definitely recognize that this needs to be fixed, and I think everyone does. I was just talking to border officials at the border. They'll tell you, and I'm sure you're probably — I know you're investigating and you're a serious journalist — they'll tell you, more trials. We need officers, we need to process those cases faster, we need support for those cases, we need more resources if they are to be prosecuted. Only Congress can fix it, Brett. That's how the system works.”
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