{"id":2353498,"date":"2024-10-11T00:43:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T04:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-sidesteps-healthcare-for-illegal-immigrants-in-univision-town-hall-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-11T00:45:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T04:45:44","slug":"harris-sidesteps-healthcare-for-illegal-immigrants-in-univision-town-hall-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-sidesteps-healthcare-for-illegal-immigrants-in-univision-town-hall-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris sidesteps healthcare for illegal immigrants in Univision town hall- 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\">24<\/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-sidesteps-healthcare-for-illegal-immigrants-in-univision-town-hall-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=2353498&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 a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">town hall<\/a> held by Vice \u200bPresident Kamala Harris in\u200c Nevada, she faced questions regarding federal healthcare access for illegal immigrants.\u200d When pressed by\u200c a Latina voter whose mother struggled to\u200b receive necessary care, Harris avoided directly \u200danswering whether illegal immigrants should receive such healthcare, focusing instead on\u200b the broader \u2063issue \u2062of the U.S.&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-diego-supervisors-declare-humanitarian-crisis-on-federal-response-to-migrant-issue\/\" title=\"San Diego Supervisors denounce federal response to migrant issue as a humanitarian crisis.\">broken immigration\u200c system<\/a>&#8220;\u200d and criticizing Republican opposition to recent border security negotiations. This interaction\u200b shed light\u200b on Harris&#8217;s \u2064ongoing challenges and the \u2064scrutiny\u2062 surrounding her stance on immigration issues, especially given her previous support for healthcare access for\u2063 illegal migrants \u2064during\u2064 her\u2063 2020 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, as Harris positions herself as a candidate ahead of the \u200d2024 election,\u2062 she is under \u2063pressure\u2064 to connect with voters, particularly Latino and Black men who have shown support \u2062for Trump. Polling suggests that Harris is running nearly even with Trump among Latino voters, a demographic where Biden and Clinton previously held significant advantages. At the \u200bevent, Harris \u200ddiscussed her coalition-building efforts \u200dand emphasized\u200d her partnership with President Biden, addressing concerns about her nomination process and viability. The town hall reflects\u200d her strategy to mitigate voter uncertainties and strengthen \u200bties with\u200d minority communities amidst challenging dynamics in her\u200c campaign.  <\/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 sidesteps around federal healthcare for illegal immigrants in Univision town hall<\/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_1813243\" 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> skirted answering whether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>illegal immigrants<\/a> should receive federal government healthcare when pressed by an undecided <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/latinos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Latino<\/a> voter during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nevada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nevada<\/a> town hall Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s stance on the matter has come under scrutiny after her running mate, Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN) claimed last weekend that the vice president did not support his policies that illegal immigrants should be permitted to have Minnesota driver&rsquo;s licenses, free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>state university tuition<\/a>, and free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/healthcare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>healthcare program<\/a> for low-income residents.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do you have plans to support that subgroup of immigrants who have been here their whole lives, or most of them, and have to live and die in the shadows?&rdquo; Harris was asked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/univision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Univision<\/a> town hall attendee Ivett Castillo.<\/p>\n<p>Castillo, from Nevada, had earlier explained to Harris that her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mexican<\/a>-born mother died six weeks ago but &ldquo;was never, ever able to get the type of care and service that she needed or deserved.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In her response, Harris remarked about the United States&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\">broken immigration system<\/a>&rdquo; and criticized Republicans for not supporting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>border security<\/a> bill they helped negotiate this spring because of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> but did not directly answer Castillo&rsquo;s question.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Had your mother been able to gain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/citizenship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>citizenship<\/a> she would have been entitled to healthcare that may have alleviated her suffering and yours,&rdquo; Harris told Castillo. &ldquo;This is one example of the fact that there are real people who are suffering because of an inability to put solutions in front of politics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Regarding a later question, Harris did say that healthcare should be a &ldquo;right.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>During her 2020 campaign, Harris supported illegal migrants benefiting from her sponsored Medicare for All bill. President<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> Joe Biden<\/a>&lsquo;s original immigration legislation sought to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2021\/02\/18\/lawmakers-introduce-president-joe-biden-immigration-legislation\/6726804002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"create more pathways to citizenship for illegal immigrants\">create more pathways to citizenship for illegal immigrants<\/a> but was not taken up by Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has granted more media interviews and agreed to take part in more media appearances to try to mitigate voter concerns that they do not know her well enough to cast a ballot for her one month before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>election<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The audience who watched the town hall on Thursday, either in English or Spanish, was also able to see for themselves her reaction to criticism related to how she became the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee this summer. The question underscored Harris&rsquo;s general struggle to distinguish herself from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" title>Biden<\/a> as polling suggests she is in the margin of error with Trump four weeks before Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>Mario Sigbaum, from California, told Harris through interpreters he was &ldquo;concerned&rdquo; about how Biden was &ldquo;pushed aside&rdquo; by the Democratic Party in July after his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\">debate<\/a> performance the month prior and polling that indicated Trump was poised to win in November.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thank you for being so candid and allowing me to answer the question,&rdquo; Harris said. &ldquo;He and I have been partners for the last four years as his vice president to him as the president, and I am honored to have earned the Democratic nomination. I am honored to have the endorsement of people from every walk of life. You will probably find that I probably have a bigger coalition of people who couldn&rsquo;t seem to be more different than each other, who had come together around my candidacy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The final question Harris fielded came from another California voter, Teresa Djedjro, who asked the vice president, who has called for the restoration of civility in politics, to name three of Trump&rsquo;s most redeeming qualities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think Donald Trump loves his family, and I think that&rsquo;s very important,&rdquo; Harris said. &ldquo;But I don&rsquo;t really know him, to be honest with you, I only met him one time on the debate stage. I&rsquo;d never met him before, so I don&rsquo;t really have much more to offer you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The town hall is not only part of Harris&rsquo;s media strategy, but it is also part of her overt outreach to minority voters, particularly Latino and black men, who are increasingly supporting Trump. Although Trump does not need to win the majority of minority voters on Nov. 5, he can cause Harris to lose by chipping away at her appeal among crucial demographics.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re showing Harris running about even with Trump among Latino voters,&rdquo; Marist Institute for Public Opinion director&nbsp;Lee&nbsp;Miringoff told the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em> earlier Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>In comparison, Biden and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hillary-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hillary Clinton<\/a> had a more than 30 percentage point advantage over Trump in their respective elections against him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Latinos are clearly a weak spot for her, hence the town hall,&rdquo; Miringoff said.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a question from a reporter traveling with her on her Sun Belt swing about the importance of Latino voters, Harris compared herself and Biden to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump has shown himself to be someone who thrives on trying to divide us as a nation, and demean people, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arrogant-selfish-reckless-geraldo-rivera-says-he-thinks-less-of-unvaccinated-people\/\" title=\"\u2018Arrogant, Selfish, Reckless\u2019: Geraldo Rivera Says He Thinks Less Of Unvaccinated People\">call people names<\/a>, and that is not the sign of the character of someone that we want as president of the United States,&rdquo; she said after the town hall on the tarmac of Harry Reid International Airport. &ldquo;We have so much more in common than what separates us as Americans, and it is, I think, in the best interests of everyone to have a leader who measures their strength not based on who they beat down but on who they lift up, and that is the kind of president I intend to be.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the Democratic nominee, Harris has tended not to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amash-attempts-michigan-comeback-can-a-libertarian-still-win-in-trumps-gop\/\" title=\"Amash seeks Michigan return: Libertarian success in Trump&#039;s GOP?\">hold town halls<\/a>, preferring rallies, with her first in Michigan last month alongside popular talk show host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oprah-winfrey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Oprah Winfrey<\/a>. She has agreed to participate in another town hall on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cnn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CNN<\/a> on Oct. 23 instead of a second debate with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s Univision town hall will take place next Wednesday after it was postponed because of Hurricane Milton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1813243\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1813243\"}});<\/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>Harris avoids addressing federal healthcare for illegal immigrants at Univision town hall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2353499,"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\/10\/Kamala_Harris_Univision_Latinos_kkl12.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4021,4606,32165,38665,42774],"class_list":["post-2353498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-harris","tag-healthcare","tag-illegal-immigrants","tag-town-hall","tag-univision"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kamala_Harris_Univision_Latinos_kkl12.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353498","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\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2353498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2353499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}