Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, said Wednesday on MSNBC's “The Jose Díaz Balart Report” that if elected, she would advance a “pathway to citizenship” for immigrants living in the country illegally. said.
“Immigration is truly one of the most important issues of this campaign,” said Telemundo host Julio Baqueiro. “Former President Trump actually said it might be more important than the economy. For President Biden, this is… is a real challenge. I actually asked her, and she's currently championing a bipartisan bill that includes more resources to secure the border and even close the border and protect asylum seekers. These are policies that Trump championed during his presidency. So I asked her if Donald Trump won the debate on immigration. That's what he said.
He asked, “Right now we're talking about border security, but no one, not even the Democrats, is talking about a path to citizenship.”
Harris said: That's what I'm talking about. ”
“And the benefits immigrants bring to this country,” Baqueiro said.
“Yeah, but there's no question about what immigrants bring. America is a country built in part by immigrants,” Harris said.
Baqueiro said: “People are worried about their TPS. We're talking about mass deportation.”
Mr. Harris replied, “I haven't said anything.''
“What do you think about mass deportations?” Baqueiro said. What is your position there?
“The United States needs smart, humane immigration policies that include a path to citizenship, and we need more resources at our border from a security standpoint,” Harris said.
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