Kamala Harris He promised a tough hand. Firm hand against immigration. He did it in Arizona, in Douglas, in a place considered one of the great strongholds of the Republicans in each of the elections held in the United States. The Democratic candidate for president of the country declared that she would take “additional measures to maintain the closed border between points of entry.
It was also in a place located on the border with Mexico that Harris chose to deliver a harsh speech against immigration: “Those who cross the borders illegally They will be arrested and deportedand they will be prohibited from entering for five years.
“Our system must be safe and orderly”
And not only will he maintain the decree approved in June, which allows the president to suspend asylum requests if the border is saturated: “We understand that Many people are desperate to emigrate to the United States, but our system must be safe and orderly.”
“If someone crosses the border illegally, without having filed an asylum application, will be prohibited”, Harris insists in his remarks at Arizona State.
Harris seeks to make it difficult to end the aforementioned Biden executive order, which helped secure reduce the number of arrests on the southwest border at average 2019 figures.
“Trump has done nothing to fix a broken system”
In this sense, he sent numerous messages to Donald Trump, his rival, in one of the key states for the Republicans: “During the four years he was president, he did nothing to repair our system of justice. failing immigration. He didn’t do anything. tackle the outdated asylum system.
“Trump would rather influence the problem than solve it. destroys the agreementthe toughest border security bill in decades. “He called his friends in Congress to put a stop to it,” Harris insists.
Because Harris is clear about what she will do if elected president of the United States: “I will do more to protect our border. Reduce illegal crossings. “I will take additional measures to keep the border closed between points of entry.”
Harris reverses Republican rhetoric
A speech which Harris uses to reverse the rhetoric of the Republicans, who designate the candidate as a The “border tsar” has failed. Among the participants’ applause, there are those who, as reported by EFE, note that Trump’s men have exaggerated the situation at the border.
“I haven’t seen tons of people sleeping in our gardens like they say. Security and control are necessary at the border, but It’s based on what actually happens,” » says René Montelongo, a Douglas resident and Harris rally participant.
