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.
