Kamedian mocks Don deport bid
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris dismissed former President Donald Trump’s pledge to massdeport illegal immigrants Wednesday — mockingly asking how he planned to accomplish that goal.
“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,” the Democratic nominee told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
“How’s that going to happen? Massive raids, massive detention camps?” she asked in an incredulous tone. “What are they talking about?”
Trump has repeatedly pledged to carry out the largest-ever deportation operation after recordsetting illegal US-Mexico border crossings under President Biden.
Polling shows that the idea has majority support among voters ahead of the Nov. 5 election.
A Scripps News/Ipsos poll released Wednesday found that 54% of Americans “strongly” or “somewhat” support the mass deportation of illegal immigrants, while 43% are opposed.
A CBS News/YouGov survey released in June found that 53% of Hispanic registered voters favor expelling all undocumented immigrants and 50% support the construction of federal holding facilities to house them before deportation.
‘Out of touch’
“Kamala Harris is out of touch,” said Trump campaign rep Karoline Leavitt. “Americans want our laws enforced while Kamala wants an open border that causes crime and housing prices to rise at the expense of hardworking taxpayers.”
Biden put Harris in charge of reducing illegal immigration in March 2021, but illicit border crossings instead surged.
The VP said Wednesday she would resume a push for “an earned pathway to citizenship” for people living in the US illegally.