Harris stumbles on the border when he’s pressed for illegal immigration: ‘Is the border wall stupid?’
Vice President Kamala Harris lashed out at the border and immigration policies of the Biden-Harris administration when pressed on the border crisis during a CNN town hall hosted by Anderson Cooper.
“Let’s talk about this compromise bill that you want to pass if you’re elected. You said that would be a priority. It includes $650 million in funding for the border wall. It’s something that the Republicans wanted that was part of the deal. Under Donald Trump, you’ve criticized the wall more than 50 times. You’ve called it ‘stupid, it is useless, and a vain medieval project.’ Is the border wall stupid?,” Cooper asked Harris on Wednesday.
“Let’s talk about Donald Trump on that border wall,” Harris said with a laugh. “So remember, Donald Trump said Mexico was going to pay for it. Come on, they didn’t. How much of that wall is he building? I think the last number I saw was about 2%. Then it was time for him to do a photo op, you know, where he did part of the wall created by President Obama.”
“But he agreed to a bill that would set aside $650 million to continue building that,” Cooper pressed.
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ASTON, PENNSYLVANIA – OCTOBER 23: Democratic presidential nominee, US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks as CNN anchor Anderson Cooper looks on at the President’s Town Hall event at Sun Center Studios on October 23, 2024 in Aston, Pennsylvania . With two weeks to go before Election Day, Harris spent the day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and visited the Famous 4th Street Delicatessen to greet supporters. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (Getty Images)
“I am committed to delivering that bipartisan bill to continue to strengthen and protect our border. Yes, I am, and I will work across the aisle to pass a comprehensive bill on our broken immigration system,” Harris replied.
“We need a president who focuses on wisdom and using results, like, let’s fix this thing. Let’s just fix it. Why is there a psychological view on this? Let’s fix the problem,” he continued.
Vice President Kamala Harris joined CNN for a town hall event Wednesday evening, speaking to Pennsylvania voters outside of Philadelphia. The town hall event began at 9 p.m. Wednesday from Chester Township, which is less than 20 miles outside of Philadelphia.
Cooper asked Harris earlier at the town hall to explain why A few weeks before the first presidential debate with President Biden still in the race this summer, the administration began a high-level measure to prevent illegal border crossings and did not issue such orders soon.
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ASTON, PENNSYLVANIA – OCTOBER 23: Democratic presidential nominee, US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during CNN’s President’s Hall at Sun Center Studios on October 23, 2024 in Aston, Pennsylvania. With two weeks to go before Election Day, Harris spent the day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and visited the Famous 4th Street Delicatessen to greet supporters. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (Getty Images)
“You’re right, Anderson. And as of today, we’ve cut immigration by more than half. In fact, the numbers I’ve seen lately, illegal immigration,” Harris told Cooper.
“If it was that easy without executive action, why don’t we do it in 2022, 2023?” Cooper pressed on.
“Because we’ve been working with Congress and we hope we can fix this problem long-term instead of short-term,” Harris responded.
The Border Patrol picks up a group of asylum seekers at a relief camp on the US-Mexico border near Sasabe, Arizona, US, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. During the first four months of fiscal year 2024, the Border Patrol recorded more than 250,000. Immigrant concerns in the Tucson area of ​​Arizona, the most of any state monitored by the agency, according to federal government statistics, reports CBS. Photographer: Justin Hamel/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Justin Hamel/Getty Images)
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“You couldn’t do one and both at the same time,” Cooper noted.
Cooper went on to ask Harris if he wanted to be with her “make those orders in 2022, 2023,” prompting Harris to say he believes the administration “did the right thing.”
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“I think we did the right thing. But the best thing that can happen to the American people, is that we have a joint effort that is happening. And I promise you, I will work everywhere to fix this problem that has been around for a long time. I think the American people want it, on both sides of the aisle,” he replied.
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