Washington.- Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday criticized Republican Donald Trump’s pledge to deport millions of people in the United States illegally, questioning whether he would resort to mass raids and detention camps to carry it out.
Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s annual leadership conference that the nation can find a path to citizenship for those who want to come while also securing the border.
“We can do both and we should do both,” she said. Harris recalled the Trump administration’s immigration policies as she sought Hispanic support.
“As we fight to lead our nation toward a brighter future, Donald Trump and his extremist allies will continue to try to push us back,” Harris said.
“We all remember what they did to separate families, and now they’ve promised to carry out the largest deportation, a mass deportation, in American history. Imagine what that would look like? How would it be carried out? Mass raids? Mass detention camps? “What are they talking about?” Former President Trump has vowed to carry out “the largest deportation operation in the history of our country” if elected in November. He has offered no details on how such an operation would work. Trump, who has made immigration a top issue of his campaign, has a lead over Harris in opinion polls over who voters trust to best handle the issue. Trump was expected to arrive in Uniondale later in the day, where he would visit an area that could be key to Republicans maintaining control of the House of Representatives. His party is trying to secure 18 Republicans in predominantly Democratic congressional districts that Joe Biden won in 2020, particularly in coastal New York and California, and is going on the offensive to challenge Democrats elsewhere. Long Island in particular features one of the most closely watched races, between first-term Republican Rep. Anthony D’Esposito and Democrat Laura Gillen. D’Esposito is a former NYPD detective who won in 2022 in a district Biden won by about 15 percentage points in 2020. On Tuesday, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that the GOP has “a real chance of winning” New York for the first time in many decades. In that same post, Trump also promised to “bring back SALT,” suggesting he would eliminate a cap on state and local tax deductions that were part of the tax-cut legislation he signed in 2017. The so-called SALT cap has led to higher tax bills for many residents of New York, New Jersey, California and other high-cost, high-tax states, and is a major campaign issue in those states, particularly among those New York Republicans who serve in districts Biden won. Harris’ speech to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute marked the second straight day she served congressional districts considered key to the Democratic Party. On Tuesday, he gave an interview in Philadelphia to members of the National Association of Black Journalists. He criticized Trump’s rhetoric and said voters should make sure he “can’t have that microphone again.” He has trips to Michigan and Wisconsin planned later in the week. Trump is trying to get back into the swing of things on the campaign trail following Sunday’s apparent assassination attempt while he was golfing in Florida. He traveled to Flint, Michigan, on Tuesday and did not appear to have altered his plans for upcoming trips to the nation’s capital and North Carolina later in the week. His running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, scheduled an event in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Wednesday. Trump, meanwhile, was headed to Uniondale on Long Island, New York, as both candidates took a break Wednesday from campaigning in swing states that are likely to decide the Nov. 5 election.
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