{"id":2330782,"date":"2024-08-26T03:11:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T07:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-sketches-out-plans-on-border-amid-gop-border-attacks-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T03:13:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T07:13:49","slug":"harris-sketches-out-plans-on-border-amid-gop-border-attacks-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-sketches-out-plans-on-border-amid-gop-border-attacks-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris sketches out plans on border amid GOP border attacks &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharris-sketches-out-plans-on-border-amid-gop-border-attacks-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2330782&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In her recent address accepting the \u2064Democratic nomination for\u2062 president, Vice President Kamala Harris presented her immigration\u200d plans amid criticism from\u2063 Republicans regarding border security. Shifting her stance from 2020, Harris expressed support for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trying-to-tank-horrible-bipartisan-border-bill-says-he-wants-the-blame-if-it-fails\/\" title=\"Trump wants to take the blame if the bipartisan border bill fails, as he tries to sabotage it\">bipartisan\u2063 border bill<\/a> and\u2064 emphasized the need for legal status for illegal immigrants, striving \u2064to appeal to both moderates and her Democratic base. Despite this attempt to balance her position, GOP members have criticized \u2063her approach as \u201camnesty\u201d and recalled her previous support for reforming immigration enforcement. Harris&#8217;s proposals, which include an earned pathway to citizenship and restoring certain border security\u200c measures, attempt to address\u200d concerns around a significant increase in border crossings, seen as a liability for Democrats in\u2063 the upcoming\u2063 election. However, both Republicans and progressive\u200d Democrats \u200dcontinue\u2064 to express dissatisfaction with the lack of specific policies. With immigration remaining a \u2062key\u2063 issue, Harris faces pressure to address the concerns of progressives while not alienating moderate voters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris sketches out plans on immigration amid GOP border attacks<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1728843\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> sketched out in broad strokes how she would handle the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>border<\/a> in a Thursday night address accepting the Democratic nomination for president in Chicago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>However, her pivot to the center on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>immigration<\/a>, a departure from her 2020 views, has not quieted Republican criticism on what promises to be one of the most important topics of the 2024 race.<\/p>\n<p>Harris reiterated this week that she would sign a bipartisan border bill the White House negotiated with the Senate earlier this year, suggesting she, like President Joe Biden, considers the millions in border crossings to be a liability in November.<\/p>\n<p>But she also gave a nod to her Democratic base, coming out in favor of legal status for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>illegal immigrants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know we can live up to our proud heritage as a nation of immigrants and reform our broken immigration system,&rdquo; Harris said Thursday evening. &ldquo;We can create an earned pathway to citizenship and secure our border.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The position reflects the careful balancing act Harris is doing to win over voters. But it will not be enough to insulate her from criticism by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republicans<\/a>, who have highlighted her past views, including her support for reforming Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>In one dig, Stephen Miller, the former Trump White House senior adviser, castigated the path to citizenship as being nothing less than &ldquo;amnesty,&rdquo; or the government&rsquo;s forgiveness of immigration offenses.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The one and only concrete policy Kamala Harris proposed tonight was to give amnesty and citizenship to every illegal alien in the country,&rdquo; Miller wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StephenM\/status\/1826838692436046278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>post<\/a> to X.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Former Republican President Ronald Reagan famously gave millions of immigrants living in the country amnesty in 1986 in exchange for tighter border controls that did not fully come to fruition &mdash; setting up decades of Republican skepticism over talk of comprehensive immigration reform.<\/p>\n<p>During Biden&rsquo;s first month in office, the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2609640\/democrats-debut-sweeping-immigration-reform-bill-featuring-eight-year-path-to-citizenship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>touted<\/a> the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 as having the potential to overhaul decades of existing policy while creating an<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>&ldquo;earned roadmap&rdquo; to citizenship for millions of people who are not U.S. citizens and have no way to earn that status.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration failed to get it through Congress in 2021, however, and a later attempt to pass a separate bipartisan Senate border bill was tanked in 2023 after Trump urged House Republicans not to support it.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/elizabeth-warren-calls-granting-citizenship-illegal-immigrants-says-harris-will-get-done\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in a CNN interview in late July that she believed Harris would be the president to &ldquo;get it done&rdquo; in terms of a pathway for illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>Julie Ch&aacute;vez Rodr&iacute;guez, Harris&rsquo;s campaign chief, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kamala-harris-campaign-chief-signals-biden-border-crackdown-continued-if-elected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> CBS News last month that Harris wants to work on &ldquo;real solutions&rdquo; with the legislative branch.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We know at the end of the day the only way to really modernize our immigration system and secure our border is for Congress to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harriss-campaign-manager-indicates-she-would-keep-biden-border-policy-in-place-if-elected-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris\u2019s campaign manager indicates she would keep Biden border policy in place if elected - Washington Examiner\">pass common-sense immigration legislation<\/a>,&rdquo; said Ch&aacute;vez Rodr&iacute;guez.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vice President Kamala Harris stands in front of mountains during a press conference, Friday, June 25, 2021, at the airport after her tour of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Central Processing Center in El Paso, Texas. Harris visited the U.S. southern border as part of her role leading the Biden administration&rsquo;s response to a steep increase in migration. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Harris said as much during her acceptance speech, but she will be under additional pressure from frustrated progressives and immigrant rights groups to go far further than Biden promised as a candidate, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/news\/immigrants-rights\/unchecked-growth-private-prison-corporations-and-immigration-detention-three-years-into-the-biden-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>shutting down<\/a> privately run federal immigration detention facilities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I refuse to play politics with our security, and here is my pledge to you,&rdquo; Harris said Thursday. &ldquo;As president, I will bring back the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-warns-biden-against-election-year-gimmicks-with-border-actions\/\" title=\"Johnson cautions Biden on border actions, warns against election year tricks\">bipartisan border security bill<\/a> that [Trump] killed, and I will sign it into law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Chad Wolf, the former acting secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, wrote in an <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/08\/23\/opinion-kamala-harris-immigration-plan-chad-wolf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>op-ed<\/a> Friday that Harris was not actually a centrist but had a radical plan in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Wolf, now executive director and chairman of the Center for Homeland Security and Immigration at the America First Policy Institute, said the U.S. Citizenship Act would be the &ldquo;most expansive and radical amnesty for illegal aliens ever introduced&rdquo; and applicable to up to 15 million people.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vice President Kamala Harris talks to the media, Friday, June 25, 2021, after her tour of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Central Processing Center in El Paso, Texas. Harris visited the U.S. southern border as part of her role leading the Biden administration&rsquo;s response to a steep increase in migration. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Harris is expected to continue some of her boss&rsquo;s existing border protocols.<\/p>\n<p>Ch&aacute;vez Rodr&iacute;guez said Harris would continue Biden&rsquo;s June executive action that places a bar on the number of asylum seekers at the border. The White House has attributed the large decrease in migrant arrests to this action.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think at this point, you know, the policies that are, you know, having a real impact on ensuring that we have security and order at our border are policies that will continue,&rdquo; Ch&aacute;vez Rodr&iacute;guez said.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2889607\/biden-trump-border-immigration-number-one-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>topped<\/a> voter concerns in the Republican presidential primary earlier this year and continues to be a major issue in the general election. The number of border crossings has dropped precipitously in recent months, down from a record high in December, but the GOP still believes it can win the election by tying Harris to the spike.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a basic framework for what a Harris administration would do on the problem, Republicans and conservatives were still frustrated by Harris&rsquo;s lack of specificity, while still also concerned about the implications of what she did say.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> editorial board <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/kamala-harris-speech-dnc-chicago-democrats-2024-election-donald-trump-856cb645?st=ub6phz8f6x356z5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>called<\/a> the speech &ldquo;mostly devoid of policy substance,&rdquo; while Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said she skipped over entire topics.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She didn&rsquo;t talk about many things like interest rates, China, fracking, crime, poverty, trade deficits, child trafficking, woman trafficking, drugs, the border. She didn&rsquo;t talk about the most important things,&rdquo; Trump said in a phone interview with Fox News following her remarks. &ldquo;I ask a simple question: Why didn&rsquo;t she do it?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PRESIDENT TRUMP: &#8220;She didn&#8217;t talk about many things like interest rates, China, fracking, crime, poverty, trade deficits, child trafficking, woman trafficking, drugs, the border. She didn&#8217;t talk about the most important things. I ask a simple question: Why didn&#8217;t she do it?&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tGoOfipQPm\">pic.twitter.com\/tGoOfipQPm<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1826827201527808289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2024<\/a><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1728843\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1728843\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris outlined her approach to immigration during a speech on Thursday night in Chicago, where she accepted the Democratic nomination for president. Despite her shift towards a more centrist stance on immigration compared to her 2020 positions, Republican criticism continues unabated as this issue is expected to be pivotal in the 2024 election. Harris emphasized that she would support a bipartisan border bill negotiated by the White House and Senate earlier this year, indicating that both she and President Joe Biden view the high number of border crossings as a potential liability ahead of November&#8217;s elections. At the same time, she acknowledged her Democratic supporters by advocating for legal status for undocumented immigrants. &#8220;I know we can honor our proud heritage as a nation of immigrants while reforming our broken immigration system,&#8221; Harris stated during her speech. &#8220;We can establish an earned pathway to citizenship and secure our borders.&#8221; This position reflects Harris&#8217;s attempt to appeal to various voter groups but may not shield her from Republican attacks that reference her previous views, including support for changes within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Stephen Miller, former senior adviser in the Trump administration, criticized Harris\u2019s proposal as tantamount to &#8220;amnesty&#8221; for illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, comprehensive immigration reform has been met with skepticism from Republicans since former President Ronald Reagan granted amnesty to millions in 1986 without achieving promised stricter border controls. The Biden administration&#8217;s efforts at significant policy overhaul through the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 failed in Congress after attempts at bipartisan cooperation faltered due to opposition from Trump-aligned House Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Elizabeth Warren expressed confidence that Harris could successfully implement pathways for undocumented individuals if elected president. Julie Ch\u00e1vez Rodr\u00edguez, head of Harris\u2019s campaign, emphasized that real solutions require collaboration with Congress: \u201cThe only way we can truly modernize our immigration system and secure our borders is through common-sense legislation.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Harris reiterated these sentiments during her acceptance speech but faces pressure from progressive factions and immigrant rights advocates who demand more substantial reforms than those proposed by Biden during his campaign\u2014such as closing privately operated federal detention centers.<\/p>\n<p>Chad Wolf, former acting secretary of Homeland Security under Trump, argued that rather than being centrist, Harris harbors radical plans regarding immigration policy which he claims would offer unprecedented amnesty affecting up to 15 million people.<\/p>\n<p>While continuing some existing policies under Biden\u2014like limiting asylum seeker numbers\u2014Harris aims for effective management at the southern border amid ongoing concerns about rising migration rates among voters in both parties leading up to elections.<\/p>\n<p>Despite outlining some strategies regarding immigration issues during her address, critics\u2014including members of the Wall Street Journal editorial board\u2014argued it lacked substantive policy details; Donald Trump also pointed out several key topics he felt were overlooked in her remarks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2330783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kamala-harris-border-visit.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32282,36112,4021,3813],"class_list":["post-2330782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-border-policy","tag-gop-attacks","tag-harris","tag-immigration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kamala-harris-border-visit.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2330783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}