Vice Presidential Candidate JD Vance and Tim Walz debated the issue of immigration in their debate Tuesday night, and Vance criticized VP Kamala Harris’s immigration policies.
“First of all, the majority of what we need to do at the southern border is just empower law enforcement to do their job,” Vance said during a discussion on the Haitian migrant surge and immigration in Springfield on Tuesday night on CBS. overall.
“I’ve been to the southern border more than our ‘Border Czar’.” kamala harris Used to be. And it’s really heartbreaking because Border Patrol agents, they just want to be empowered to do their job.”
Vance continued by saying that, “Sure, additional resources will help,” but the issue is mostly about the Biden administration not empowering law enforcement to say “If you come across the border illegally If you try to do this, you will have to stay in “Mexico” and “go back through proper channels.”
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JD Vance and Tim Walz faced off in their first and only debate Tuesday night. (Getty Images)
“Now, Governor Walz has nurtured the community of Springfield, and he’s very concerned about the things I’ve said in Springfield,” Vance said. “Look here Springfield, OhioAnd in communities across this country, you’ve got schools that are overwhelmed. You have hospitals that are overwhelmed. You’ve got housing that is completely unaffordable because we have brought in millions of illegal immigrants to compete with Americans for scarce housing.
“The people I’m most concerned about in Springfield, Ohio, are American citizens whose lives have been destroyed because of Kamala Harris’s open border. This is a disgrace, Tim, and I really think I Agree. I think you want to solve this problem, but I don’t think Kamala Harris does.”
Walz repeatedly claimed that Trump killed the Senate immigration bill earlier this year, which VP Harris has said she would sign in a move she believes would That this will lead to progress on the border.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speaks with Republican vice presidential nominee U.S. Senator J.D. Vance during the vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City on October 1, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
“It’s law enforcement that asked for the bill,” Walz said. “They helped craft it. They’re the ones who supported it. It was because they knew we needed to do it. Look, to keep this going, to not deal with it, to blame immigrants for everything. This is the issue.
“On housing, we can talk a little bit about Wall Street speculators buying up housing and making them less affordable, but that becomes a blemish. Look, this bill also gives the money needed to make decisions. I agree. That it should not take seven years for an asylum claim to be made.
“This bill gets done in 90 days. Then, you start making changes to it, and you start following what we know are American principles. I don’t talk much about my faith, but Matthew 25:40 Speaks to the least among us, I think that’s true for most Americans, this bill funds it, and it lets us continue to dictate how we treat other people. Let’s make it about our dignity.”
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Senator J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, the Republican vice presidential nominee, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, participate in a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City on October 1, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Vance described the Biden-Harris record on immigration as “disgraceful.”
“Look, what Tim said doesn’t pass the smell test,” Vance said. “For three years. Kamala Harris went out bragging that she was going to dismantle Donald Trump’s border policy. That’s exactly what she did. We had record numbers of illegal immigrations. Record numbers of fentanyl into our country Was coming.
“And now that she’s running for president or a few months ago, she says that somehow she found religion and she cares a lot about a piece of legislation. The only thing she did when she became vice president When she became the appointed border tsar, she had to undo 94 executive actions that are causing massive problems in the United States for parents who can’t afford health care. , They have to stop it when Donald Trump is president.”
A Harris campaign official told Fox News Digital that a focus group of undecided voters watching the debate responded more strongly in favor of Walz’s comments.
“Overall, Gov. Walz performed better than J.D. Vance in the immigration section, and the highest rating ever for Gov. Walz was when he reminded the audience of Donald Trump’s failed promise to build the wall, of which only 2% was constructed,” the campaign said.
