Newly released footage shows Kamala Harris, then a Democratic senator from California, chanting “End deportations” at a parade in Los Angeles in 2018, when she was pursuing a more aggressive left-leaning stance on immigration.
The video, obtained by Fox News Digital, was taken at the 2018 Kingdom Day Parade, where she was named grand marshal.
In the video, she is seen singing along, clapping and smiling, as she joins in the chant “Improve education, end deportations.”
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Senator Kamala Harris attends a parade in California. (Source: Fox News Digital)
This video was first Daily Mail OnlineHe also noted that the video featured actor Jussie Smollett, who was later convicted of falsely claiming he was attacked by Trump supporters in Chicago.
Harris defended Smollett shortly after he falsely claimed he was attacked by Trump supporters, saying, “This was a modern-day lynching attempt. No one should have their life threatened because of their sexual orientation or the color of their skin.”
Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Dee Rees, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, Jussie Smollett, Natalie Portman and Josiah Bell attend the 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Kingdom Day Parade in Los Angeles on January 15, 2018. (Sheri Determan/AlamyLiveNews)
Harris embraced left-wing ideas during the 2019 presidential primary. She Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) The executive order provides protections to illegal immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as minors.
She said she would eliminate age restrictions on application and use her parole power to create a “on parole” program to put illegal immigrants on a path to citizenship.
Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett (left) appeared in a video featuring then-Senator Harris (right) that resurfaced in 2018. (Chicago Police Department via Getty Images | Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Since becoming a potential 2024 presidential candidate, she has faced intense scrutiny over her role in overseeing the root causes of the migrant crisis at the southern border, which has led to her being dubbed the “border czar.”
She has also shifted some of her campaign positions to become more centrist, and her campaign confirmed to Fox earlier this month that she has changed her positions on several immigration and border security policies, including decriminalizing illegal border crossings and closing migrant detention centers.
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A Harris campaign adviser told Fox her position was “formed by three years of effective governance as part of the Biden-Harris administration.”
The campaign now says she will “continue to enforce the law, prioritize the detention and deportation of individuals who pose a threat to public safety and national security, and ensure adequate resources to ensure compliance with immigration proceedings and decisions, including deportations.”
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She repeatedly Bipartisan Senate Bill The bill, which emerged from negotiations in the House earlier this year, includes increased funding for the border, including bed space for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as mechanisms to limit the number of asylum seekers allowed into the United States.
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“While Donald Trump remains committed to the extreme ideas of his Project 2025 plan, Vice President Harris believes that true leadership means bringing all sides together to build consensus,” spokesperson Mia Ellenberg said in a statement last month. “This approach has enabled the Biden-Harris Administration to make bipartisan breakthroughs on everything from infrastructure to gun violence prevention. As president, she will take that same pragmatic approach, focusing on commonsense solutions for progress.”
