Harris talks up immigration plans at packed rally in battleground Arizona
Vice President Kamala Harris made immigration a key part of her stump speech in a Phoenix suburb after making no mention of the topic at rallies in Michigan and Wisconsin.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Vice President Kamala Harris made immigration a key component of her stump speech Friday night during a packed rally in a Phoenix suburb after making no mention of the topic during rallies this week in Michigan and Wisconsin.
“We will move forward and take on the biggest issues facing our nation, for example, the issue of immigration,” Harris told the crowd of supporters. “I was attorney general of a border state. I went after the transnational gangs, the drug cartels and human traffickers. I prosecuted them in case after case, and I won.”
During the speech, Harris reiterated her support for legislation that would strengthen border security measures and create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. In doing so, she leaned into attacking former President Donald Trump as ineffective on border security, arguing he has prioritized electoral politics over substantive reforms.
“Donald Trump does not want to fix this problem,” she said. “Earlier this year, we had a chance to pass the toughest bipartisan border security bill in decades, but Donald Trump tanked the deal because he thought by doing that it would help him win an election.”
“We know our immigration system is broken, and we know what it takes to fix it,” Harris said to a crowd that her campaign estimated at 15,000 attendees.
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