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Kamala Harris - President Democrat Candidate
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Fund sanctuary cities, help illegal immigrants avoid deportation, decriminalize illegal border crossings, provide amnesty. Release illegal immigrants into communities.
Description: Co-Sponsored S.2936 - Refugee Protection Act of 2019 - Allows Asylum seekers to come to US with no proof of need.
Source: Congressional Website
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2936
Description: Harris was responding to a moderator’s question of whether a person living in the United States, "without documents, and that is his only offense, should that person be deported?" "I will say — no, absolutely not, they should not be deported."
Source: Politifact Article
Description: "I think there's no question that we've got to critically re-examine ICE and its role and the way that it is being administered and the work it is doing and we need to probably think about starting from scratch."
Source: MSNBC Video Posted On X By RNC Research
Link: https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1815107596694757427
Description: "Being an undocumented immigrant is not a crime… To suggest that undocumented immigrants are criminals ... is an absolute mischaracterization of the issue." (2019)
Source: Video Posted On X By RNC Research
Link: https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1816212273502867720
Description: “We are a sanctuary city, a city of refuge, and we always will be.”
Source: Breitbart Article
Description: "An undocumented immigrant is NOT a criminal!"
Source: C-SPAN2 Video Posted On X By RNC Research
Link: https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1816182501133459570
Description: "It is not the duty of local law enforcement, [Harris] said, to enforce federal immigration laws." (2009)
Source: Las Angeles Times Article (Archived)
Link: https://archive.ph/l0aVp
Description: "I think there's no question that we've got to critically re-examine ICE and its role and the way that it is being administered and the work it is doing and we need to probably think about starting from scratch."
Source: MSNBC Video Posted On X By RNC Research
Link: https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1815107596694757427
Description: "An undocumented immigrant is not a criminal and we have to correct course on this conversation in our country!"
Source: NBC Video Posted On X By RNC Research
Link: https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1816180557111517368
Description: "I am in favor of saying that we're not gonna treat people who are undocumented and cross the border as criminals." (2019)
Source: ABC Video Posted On X By RNC Research
Link: https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1815851920130728023
Description: "I support our sanctuary law and I also recognize that we got to a place that became highly publicized that we strayed from it. And so we need to get back on track."
Source: RNC Research Video Posted On X By Dave McCormick
Link: https://x.com/DaveMcCormickPA/status/1818014929661948374
Description: "Harris has since reneged on her support for Medicare for all and has appeared to embrace a more moderate Democratic stance on ICE, border security and the criminalization of border crossers during her time in the Biden administration. She expressed support for the bipartisan negotiated border security bill, ultimately opposed by Republicans, and her campaign said that recent executive actions related to limiting asylum would continue in her administration."
Source: Fox News Article
Description: Kamala Harris calls the border wall a "vanity project" because "by definition," illegal immigration is "not an emergency." (2019)
Source: Video Posted On X By RNC Research
Description: “An undocumented immigrant is not a criminal” in Spanish.
Source: Eyewitness News Video Posted On X
Description: "The term "illegal alien” is offensive and we must stop treating undocumented workers as criminals in this country."
Source: Posted On X By Kamala Harris
Description: “I want to be clear to folks in this region who are thinking about making that dangerous trek to the United States-Mexico border, do not come. Do not come,” she said. “The United States will continue to enforce our laws and secure our border.” (June 7, 2021)
Source: New York Post Article
Description: "President Biden believes we must secure our border. That is why today, he announced executive actions to bar migrants who cross our Southern border unlawfully from receiving asylum. These actions will be in effect when high levels of encounters at the Southern Border exceed our ability to deliver timely consequences, as is the case today. " (June 4, 2024)
Source: White House Website
Description: "But as district attorney of San Francisco, Harris ran a program that allowed illegal immigrants arrested for drug crimes to get job training and have their records expunged — all while avoiding deportation because of the city’s sanctuary policies."
Source: New York Post Article
Description: "In January 2023, the administration announced that the program was expanding to include Haitians, Nicaraguans and Cubans and that the program would allow up to 30,000 people per month into the U.S. It allows for migrants to receive work permits and a two-year authorization to live in the U.S. and was announced alongside an expansion of Title 42 expulsions to include those nationalities."
Source: Fox News Article
Description: Kamala Harris Says U.S. Will Enforce Law at the Southern Border "While we are clear that people should not come to the border now, we also understand that we will enforce the law." Mar 25, 2021
Source: Video Posted On YouTube By Bloomberg Quicktake
Description: "Today, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s ongoing work to build a fair, orderly, and secure immigration system, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is announcing joint actions with Mexico to reduce the number of people arriving at our Southwest border and create a more orderly and safe process for people fleeing the humanitarian and economic crisis in Venezuela."
Source: Homeland Security Press Release
Link: https://www.dhs.gov/news/2022/10/12/dhs-announces-new-migration-enforcement-process-venezuelans
Description: "Expanding the Parole Process for Venezuelans to Nicaraguans, Haitians, and Cubans. Today, the Biden Administration is announcing it will extend the successful Venezuela parole process and expand it to nationals of Nicaragua, Haiti, and Cuba. Up to 30,000 individuals per month from these four countries, who have an eligible sponsor and pass vetting and background checks, can come to the United States for a period of two years and receive work authorization."
Source: White House Website
Description: "Kamala Harris cut checks to DC firm that championed sanctuary city policies, anti-police rhetoric Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff have made multiple donations to a nonprofit legal firm that had pushed anti-police rhetoric and “sanctuary” city policies, according to the second family’s tax disclosures. During 2021, 2022, and 2023, Harris and Emhoff cut an annual $1,000 check to Legal Aid DC, a legal organization that represents low-income individuals with housing law, public benefits and other areas of civil litigation, according to the documents."""
Source: Article
Description: "During a rally in Glendale, Arizona, Harris said she would back amnesty for the nation’s 11 to 22 million illegal aliens through so-called “comprehensive reform.” “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."
Source: Article
Description: "There's no question that our immigration system is broken," Harris said. "And so much so, that as the first bill that we offered after our inauguration, was to fix the immigration system, which included what we must do to create a pathway for citizenship and to put the resources that are needed into the border. But sadly, people on the other side of the aisle have been playing politics with this issue."
Source: Article
Link: https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-calls-pathway-citizenship-end-border-crisis-1863027
Description: "On the subject of transnational gangs, let's be perfectly clear. The president's medieval vanity project is not going to stop them," Harris said. (Jan. 27, 2019)
Source: Article
Description: "As I said, Trump’s border wall is a complete waste of taxpayer money and won’t make us any safer." (Feb. 2, 2020)
Source: Social Media
Link: https://www.facebook.com/share/tYz4tuVRJWSPCk56/?mibextid=xfxF2i
Description: "Trump’s border wall is just a stupid use of money. I will block any funding for it." (Apr. 21, 2017)
Source: Social Media
Link: https://x.com/kamalaharris/status/855559494637674496?s=46
Description: "Kamala Harris has failed as border czar. She has risked our national security by letting in millions of illegal aliens."
Source: Social Media
Description: "And folks, on the subject of transnational gangs, let's be perfectly clear...the President's medieval vanity project is not going to stop them."
Source: Video
Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@johnny.chowdhury1/video/7407981541789306154
Description: "The idea that we would have a President of the United States that villifies immigrants, that wants to build what I call his vanity project, a multibillion dollar wall... which by the way will never get built...is unamerican. Deal with the problem. We have 11 million people here who need a pathway to citizenship. Be a leader on that, but we aren't going to get that from this president."
Source: Video
Link: https://www.facebook.com/DaveMcCormickPA/videos/1539883333276788/
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