() – Vice President Kamala Harris presented her plans for immigration reform on Thursday as she tries to attract Latino voters before the elections.
During a forum hosted by Univision, the vice president faced several questions from key demographics about immigration and border security. In an emotional moment with a woman whose mother died six weeks ago, the woman said her mother was unable to obtain U.S. citizenship while she was alive and ultimately was unable to receive proper medical treatment. The woman asked Harris about her plans to support the subgroup of immigrants who have been in the country and “have to live and die in the shadows.”
Harris expressed his condolences, telling the woman: “I’m so sorry… you need to remember your mother how she lived.” She highlighted the first immigration bill the Biden administration proposed, which she said was aimed at fixing the immigration system and creating a path to citizenship.
“The first bill we offered within hours of taking the oath of office was a bill to fix the immigration system, including creating a comprehensive path to citizenship for working people, and it was ignored,” he said. Harris.
“Now we see a situation where people are suffering. “The reality is that in terms of having access to health care, if your mother had been able to obtain citizenship, she would have been entitled to health care that could have alleviated her suffering,” he added.
Harris again criticized Trump for sinking the bipartisan border security bill earlier this year and accused him of wanting to “run on an issue.”
“Donald Trump heard about that bill, realized it would be the solution, and told them not to put it up for a vote because he would rather run using a problem, rather than solving it,” Harris said. “True leadership is about solving problems on behalf of people.”
Harris also referred to Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children, and said one of her priorities is creating a path for them to obtain citizenship.
“So our dreamers, this is again a great example of the price paid for a broken immigration system. Our dreamers, who you know, are friends, classmates, former classmates, children who came to the United States very young, who have worked hard, who have built a productive life, who are in universities, who work in Fortune 500 companies. , who serve in our military, prepared to die for the good of our country and what we stand for,” Harris said.
“One of the biggest problems with the lack of a comprehensive plan for immigration is that we have not given them the path to earn their right to citizenship. “And that is, again, one of the priorities for me, frankly, in terms of my motivation for what I know we need to do,” he added.
Harris continued: “They should not have to live in fear, but rather have the ability to be on a path to obtaining their citizenship. So, it is one of my priorities and I have worked on this in terms of the dreamers for many, many years, and I will continue to fight for them.”
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