Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris visited the US-Mexico border for the first time in her 2024 presidential campaign on Friday, calling for tighter asylum restrictions and pledging to stop fentanyl from entering the US, calling the promises “top priority”.
Harris spoke in Douglas, Arizona, a border town of fewer than 17,000 people, on Friday, where she accused her Republican rival, Donald Trump, of “fanning the flames of fear and division” over the impact of immigrants on American life. .
Harris called for more punitive measures for people crossing the border illegally, following asylum restrictions on those entering the U.S. that were established illegally by President Joe Biden this year.
“I will take new measures to keep the border between ports of entry closed. Those who cross our borders illegally will be detained, removed and barred from re-entry for five years,” Harris said.
“We will pursue more severe criminal charges against repeat offenders, and if someone does not make an asylum claim at a legal point of entry and instead crosses our border illegally, they will be denied asylum,” she said.
But Harris also said her policy would pave the way for a humane immigration program.
“I reject the false choice that suggests we must choose between securing our border or creating an immigration system that is safe, orderly and humane,” Harris said. “We can and should do both.”
Harris was introduced by Theresa Guerrero, whose 31-year-old son Jacob Guerrero died from fentanyl poisoning. She accused Trump of blocking a sweeping border security bill that would have stemmed the flow of fentanyl.
Harris said he would target “the entire global fentanyl supply chain” to materially and sustainably disrupt the illicit flow of fentanyl, calling on China to do more to crack down on the drug’s precursor chemicals.
This content was originally published in Kamala Harris goes to the border and calls for more immigration controls on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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