Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance said “Kamala Harris is an open border.” He ‘destroyed’ the lives of American citizens in Springfield, Ohio before his microphone was cut off moderators of the debate.
During Tuesday’s CBS vice presidential debate, Vance claimed to be undocumented immigrants drive up home prices at the expense of American citizens and crowd out local schools across the country.
“In Springfield, Ohio, and in communities across this country, you have overcrowded schools, overcrowded hospitals, completely unaffordable housing because we’ve brought in millions of children. illegal immigrants to compete with Americans for scarce housing,” said the Ohio senator.
Springfield has been at the center of the national debate over immigration since former President Donald Trump claimed it in a debate with the vice president. Kamala Harris said last month that Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ cats and dogs. Local officials said there was “no credible information” that this actually happened.
Vance, who initially made the claim days before Trump’s inauguration, did not repeat it during the vice presidential debate.
But Vance, standing opposite Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, said he was undocumented. Immigrants harm Americans greatly.
“The people I’m most concerned about are the American citizens whose lives have been destroyed by Kamala Harris’ open border. It’s a disgrace,” Vance said.
The influx of migrants to Springfield has strained some local resources in the city. But most Haitian migrants are there legally, and local officials seriously disputed Trump and Vance description of the city.
local Republicanetc as Mayor Rob Ru and Gov. Mike DeWine pushed back on Trump and Vance’s claims, saying the Haitian migrants are looking for work, are there legally and have become part of the community.
Trump fired Rue and other local officials.
“The mayor of the city, I don’t know him, but he seems like a nice person, but he… doesn’t want to say anything bad. He wants to be politically correct,” Trump said at a news conference Tuesday in Milwaukee.
Things got heated around Springfield after CBS News on Tuesday’s debate Moderators Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan interjected to point out that Haitian immigrants in Springfield have legal status before trying to continue.
Vance protested and talked over the moderators, preventing them from asking his next question.
“The rules were you’re not going to fact-check. Since you fact-checked me,” Vance said, “I think it’s important to say what happened.”
Vance argued that Haitian migrants should not be considered legal because their protected status is decided by the federal government after they arrive in the United States. illegally.
Walz jumped in to add his own fact-checking. However, both were cut off after their microphones were muted.
The moderators warned at the beginning of the debate that they reserve the right to cut the microphones at any time to protect the rules of the debate.