Can Kamala Harris find her footing on immigration?
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🗓️ 22 July 2024
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It puts the Vice President in a tricky spot. She's got to run on President Biden's achievements, while avoiding the more challenging aspects of his record.
Biden entrusted Harris with some of the most challenging parts of his portfolio, including voting rights, the rollback of reproductive rights and immigration.
Harris has struggled to find her footing on immigration. Early on, she faced criticism for having not visited the southern border.
As Republicans like Texas Governor Greg Abbott started bussing migrants to northern cities, the Vice President's mansion in Washington DC became a drop-off point.
Even though Kamala Harris isn't yet the official nominee, both voters and the republican party will force her to answer for the Biden administration's immigration policies in this year's election.
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| 0:00.0 | In just a matter of hours, a Kamala Harris for President campaign has gone from a far-flung possibility |
| 0:07.0 | to an all but certain likelihood. |
| 0:09.0 | It puts the Vice President in a tricky spot. |
| 0:12.0 | She's got a run on President Biden's achievements while |
| 0:14.9 | avoiding the more challenging aspects of his record. And Biden interested Harris |
| 0:19.8 | with some of the most challenging parts of his portfolio, |
| 0:22.8 | including voting rights, the rollback of reproductive rights, |
| 0:25.8 | and immigration. |
| 0:27.5 | I said when we became a team and got elected |
| 0:31.5 | that the vice president is going to be the last person |
| 0:35.6 | in the room. |
| 0:36.6 | She didn't realize that means she gets every assignment. |
| 0:41.2 | That's President Biden in the State Dining Room in March 2021. |
| 0:44.7 | That day he announced that Harris would be responsible for trying to address the root causes |
| 0:49.0 | of the crisis on the U.S. Southern border. |
| 0:51.1 | I've asked her the VP today because she's the most qualified person to do it to lead our efforts |
| 0:58.6 | with Mexico and the Northern Triangle and the countries that help we're going to need help in stemming the movement of so many folks |
| 1:12.1 | stemming the migration to our southern border. |
| 1:15.0 | Since then, Harris has struggled to find her footing on immigration. |
| 1:18.9 | Early on, she faced criticism for having not visited the southern border. He or she is with |
| 1:23.4 | NBC's Lester Holt. We've been to the border. You haven't been to the border. |
| 1:28.0 | I and I haven't been to Europe. And I don't I don't understand the point that you're making. |
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