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Harris pressed on immigration, Biden in tense Fox News interview

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USA TODAY

News, Daily News

4.11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Vice President Kamala Harris made her first formal appearance on Fox News Wednesday, while former President Donald Trump fielded town hall questions at an Univision event in Florida.

USA TODAY Democracy Reporter Erin Mansfield discusses three swing state counties (and their controversial election officials) to watch in November.

The man arrested with guns near a Trump rally files a lawsuit, saying he was falsely called a threat.

USA TODAY Network Delaware Public Safety and Investigations Reporter Isabel Hughes talks about those lost in North Carolina floodwaters during Hurricane Helene.


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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Thursday October 17th, 2024. This is the

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excerpt. Today Harrison Trump steer in different directions during Wednesday events.

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Plus we talk about controversial county election officials ahead of November,

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and we remember those lost, including young children in Hurricane Holy Inn.

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Vice President Kamla Harris sat down with Fox News chief political anchor Brett

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Bear in an interview that aired last night.

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It was her first formal appearance on the network known for its conservative

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commentators. The two repeatedly spoke over each other making for tense exchanges

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throughout the nearly 30 minute segment.

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One key moment centered on immigration when the Fox News hosts asked how many undocumented

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immigrants have illegally entered the US under the Biden HarrisHarriss administration.

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Harris did not give a number.

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Harris though did signal that she no longer supports some of the progressive immigration policies

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she backed as a candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, like allowing undocumented immigrants

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to apply for driver's licensees and to receive taxpayer-funded health care.

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Harris also delivered her most forceful break from Joe Biden of the 2024 campaign

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arguing that if elected she would not be a continuation of the outgoing president.

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Meanwhile former President Donald Trump participated in a town hall in Miami-Dade County with

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Univizion last night and filled questions from undecided Latino voters in his home turf of Florida.

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There he doubled down on false claims about Haitian

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