Harris calls for more restrictions on asylum
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00:00Democratic nominee Kamala Harris has been walking a tightrope on the topic of immigration,
00:06trying to both project a tougher stance on illegal immigration, but also to appeal to
00:11voters that seek relief for unauthorized migrants who live in the United States.
00:17Let me be clear.
00:19I reject the false choice.
00:20I reject the false choice that suggests we must either choose between securing our border
00:28or creating a system of immigration that is safe, orderly, and humane.
00:34We can and we must do both.
00:37President Joe Biden in June issued an executive order allowing border officials to remove
00:42migrants entering the U.S. without processing their asylum requests when a daily quota has
00:48been met.
00:49Harris said she'd go even further, making it harder to lift these border restrictions.
00:55Her new push to restrict asylum reflects her desire to narrow rival Donald Trump's
01:00lead among voters on immigration.
01:04At his campaign stops outside Detroit, Trump stepped up his racially charged rhetoric about
01:09an invasion of illegal immigrants.
01:12He blamed Harris for supposedly allowing murderers, rapists, and mentally ill people to flood
01:17the country.
01:18Blood is on her hands at a level that probably nobody's ever seen in this country before.
01:25We will close the border.
01:26We will stop the invasion.
01:28We will begin the largest deportation operation in American history.
01:33And we have no choice but to do that.
01:37Early this year, Harris supported a bipartisan border deal that would have hired 1,500 more
01:43agents and officers.
01:45Trump worked publicly to scuttle the deal, which Democrats say was a cynical ploy to
01:50stymie solutions so that he could keep immigration issues at the center of his presidential campaign.