Noting that the title of the article is not terribly good, as the funds in question have already been appropriated for the purpose of the wall and are not new, and are in fact part of a “compromise” bill that also includes funding for asylum lawyers. Not that I want a compromise bill, or don’t think she shouldn’t push for better, but it’s hardly big news.
That said, the real problem lies at the end:
Zoom in: Beyond embracing the bipartisan bill, Harris’ campaign has portrayed her as an immigration hardliner in ads.
- One Harris TV ad frames her time as California’s attorney general as that of a “border state prosecutor,” and includes images of the border wall.
- In another, Harris’ team highlights her support of boosting the number of Border Patrol agents.
- Most of Trump campaign ads have attacked Harris for the Biden administration’s struggle to deal with waves of migrants crossing the border.
The bottom line: Like the wall itself, Harris’ changes on border policy reflect how Trump has shifted the political debate on immigration during the past decade.
I am getting very, very sick of the trend of Democrats spending more time trying to appeal to bigoted conservatives than trying to actually represent their own constituents or help the people they ostensibly care about.
There has been a big push to reintroduce humanity into the border policy, but I don’t know if there is a big push to allow for more undocumented immigration in the USA.
The DREAM Act is about addressing the existing population within the USA. Getting rid of having kids in cages doesn’t exactly mean letting those kids in the country, but processing them quickly and humanely while under Federal custody; that processing includes likely deportation.
Most support for immigration I’ve seen has been in increase openings for legal immigration or increasing the acceptance of refugees.