US Vice President Kamala Harris has criticized Republican Donald Trump’s plan to deport millions of illegal immigrants, asking whether he will carry it out through large raids and detention centers.
Harris, the Democratic presidential hopeful, told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s annual leadership conference on Wednesday that the country can create a pathway to citizenship for people who want to come while also securing the border.
“We can do both, and we must do both,” she said.
I am proud to have fought alongside the leaders of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus for many years. Together, we defended workers' rights, forgave student loan debt, and expanded health care — including for Dreamers.
Together, we will continue to move our nation forward. pic.twitter.com/QhdL5kI6xc
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) September 19, 2024
Trump, for his part, relied primarily on his alarmist immigration theme during a rally in Uniondale, New York’s Long Island, spending the most of his remarks on the issue.
“We’re just destroying the fabric of life in our country. And we’re not going to take it any longer. And you got to get rid of these people. Give me a shot,” Trump said.
Both candidates took a break on Wednesday from campaigning in the toss-up states that will likely decide the November 5 election. The former president drew a large, roaring crowd, giving him a chance to show deep support even in a blue state.
He ripped into Democratic leadership in New York City and state, blaming them for homeless people living in what he called “horrible, disgusting, dangerous, filthy encampments,” and even the conditions on the New York City subway, which he called “squalid and unsafe” and promised to renovate.
“What the hell do you have to lose?” he said in asking for their votes.
Harris harked back to the Trump administration’s immigration policies as she bid for Hispanic support.
“While we fight to move our nation forward to a brighter future, Donald Trump and his extremist allies will keep trying to pull us backward,” she said.
“We all remember what they did to tear families apart, and now they have pledged to carry out the largest deportation, a mass deportation, in American history.”
“Imagine what that would look like and what that would be? How’s that going to happen? Massive raids? Massive detention camps? What are they talking about?” she said.
Trump has promised to conduct out “the largest deportation operation in the history of our country” if elected in November. He hasn’t explained how such an operation would work.
He has prioritized immigration as a campaign topic, and it was a major focus of his remarks Wednesday.
“Look at what’s happening,” he told his crowd.
“Businesses that are fleeing, money draining out of your state and hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants sucking your public resources dry.”
Trump said he expects to visit Springfield, Ohio, in the next two weeks, after the former president and his running partner JD Vance falsely accused members of the city’s Haitian community of abducting and eating animals and dogs.
He enjoys an advantage over Harris in opinion surveys because voters trust him to manage the situation better.
Meanwhile, the influential Teamsters labor union declined to endorse either Harris or Trump, claiming that neither had enough support among its 1.3 million members.
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