LAS VEGAS – Vice President Kamala Harris He sidestepped a question about what Thursday’s town hall would look like manage the border different from the president Joe Bideninstead, he attacked the former president, pointing to his experience on the matter Donald Trumppolicies.
“Let me start with this, maybe what sets me apart from at least a few people: I was the top law enforcement officer in the largest state in this country, and also the border state of California,” he said at the Univision event, which will be broadcast Thursday night. “I have taken on transnational criminal organizations. “I have taken on and prosecuted transnational criminal organizations involved in arms, drug and human trafficking.”
“I’m going to stand up to anybody in terms of what I’ve always done and we’ll always do to secure our border,” he added, before criticizing Trump.
The Trump’s election campaign has accelerated Harris said on ABC’s “The View” on Tuesday that he “can’t think of anything” when asked what he would do differently than Biden during his term. He then he returned to his questionadded that there will be a Republican in the Cabinet.
The Trump campaign, too cut video intercuts Harris’s quote with news clips about widely criticized Withdrawal from Afghanistan and crime related to migrants, as well as inflation.
During the town hall, Harris tried to criticize Trump by emphasizing a February immigration and border bill It was killed after Republicans in Congress opposed Trump, even though members of his own party cooperated with Democrats. fix it.
He said the legislation would add 1,500 more border agents, “unless Donald Trump comes up with this bill.”
Harris also reiterated his intention to revive and sign the bill if he wins in November.
“I will sign it into law and focus on what we need to do to have an orderly and humane path to citizenship for hard-working people,” he said. “I think it’s a false choice for people who say you do one or the other. I believe we have to do both. I believe we can do both.”
He has previously described the ways in which the Harris administration differs from that of Biden. he said last month he said he would double the Justice Department’s resources to fight drug cartels and fight fentanyl trafficking.
NBC News reports also informed Going further than executive action, Biden said Harris wants to tighten asylum restrictions, barring migrants who cross the border illegally from applying for asylum if border encounters rise above the seven-day average of 1,500. Harris wants to require a lower average for the cap to kick in, a top campaign aide said last month.
Harris took about a dozen questions from audience members at the town hall, moderated by journalist Enrique Acevedo. about issues abortion for cost of living.
It’s the latest stop on a media blitz in which Harris has sat down for more interviews than usual over the past few days, with appearances on “The View,” Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show,” Howard Stern’s radio show and the Weather Channel. , among others.
Nevada is proving to be a battleground state, as it has been in the previous two presidential elections. Biden won the state in 2020 47.7 percent voted for Trump with 50.1 percent of the vote. Four years before thatDemocratic candidate Hillary Clinton won the state with 47.9%, compared to Trump’s 45.5%.
Nnamdi Egwuonwu reported from Las Vegas and Megan Lebowitz from Washington.
Gabe Gutierrez and Kelly O’Donnell contributed.