Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Thursday cast President Donald Trump’s immigration proposal as a
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Thursday cast President Donald Trump’s immigration proposal as a « shortsighted » plan that overlooks immigrant families and categorizes people into a hierarchy.
Harris, speaking to members of Nevada’s Latino community and Democrats gathered at a Mexican restaurant in Las Vegas, said the plan shifting the green card system to favor those with high-level skills over the relatives of those already in the country is antithetical to American values.
« This is a nation that was founded on a principle that we articulated in 1776 that we are all equal and should be treated that way, » she said.
The California senator said that instead of using the power of the presidency to push through an immigration plan with bipartisan support, Trump is instead « trying to get support for his vanity project, » his proposed U.
