Kamala Harris visited the border with Mexico for the first time in her role as a US presidential candidate. At a campaign rally in the border town of Douglas, Arizona, the Democrat pledged as president to work to protect the borders and fix the “broken immigration system.”
“The American people deserve a president who cares more about border security than about political games and their own personal political future,” she said, referring to her opponent Donald Trump.
Violent attacks from Trump
Harris wants to prevent Trump from returning to the White House in the US presidential elections on November 5. Your trip falls in the middle of the hot phase of the American election campaign, in which the issue of migration plays a central role.
As vice president of the US, Harris was responsible for, among other things, the migration issue. Trump repeatedly attacks the 59-year-old on the issue, accusing her of failure. In a speech on Friday, the Republican presidential candidate said Harris had allowed “criminals and murderers” into the country and turned small American towns into “ruined refugee camps.”
The US is a country of immigrants
Harris emphasized that the US is also a country of immigrants. The country has been “enriched by generations of people who have come from all corners of the world to contribute.” The immigration system needs to be reformed, it needs to work and it needs to be humane. For her it’s about finding solutions.
The situation at the border remains tense and authorities are overloaded in many places. US President Joe Biden recently tightened asylum rules for migrants entering illegally from Mexico. The number of unauthorized border crossings fell – albeit from a record level. Many people fleeing poverty, violence and political crises in their home countries choose the route across the southern border.
Source: Krone
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