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Gov. Tim Walz, introduced as Vice President Harris’ working mate this week, has beforehand pushed for broad amnesty for unlawful immigrants, placing him on the identical web page as Harris and additional indicating that such a transfer could possibly be a precedence for a future Harris administration.
Walz wrote to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in August 2021, pushing for a pathway to citizenship for thousands and thousands of unlawful immigrants as a part of a possible finances reconciliation invoice, together with these shielded from deportation and people who got here to the U.S. as minors.
“As you work to finalize a budget reconciliation bill, we urge you to prioritize a clean pathway to citizenship for essential workers, Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, and their families,” the letter stated.
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks throughout a marketing campaign rally July 30, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
“Immigrant youth and TPS recipients live, work, study, worship and are a part of our communities, and they are the parents, spouses, siblings and neighbors of hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens. Many have been essential workers carrying us through a pandemic and this nation owes them a debt of gratitude.
“Dreamers and TPS holders have enriched and strengthened Minnesota’s cities, colleges, companies, congregations, and households. We consider that it’s a ethical crucial that Republicans and Democrats in Congress work collectively to enact bipartisan laws that replaces worry and uncertainty with everlasting safety for these people.”
The statement puts him in line with Harris, who has supported the Biden administration’s day one comprehensive immigration reform bill that would have granted a pathway to citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants, putting an estimated 11 million on an eight-year path to citizenship.
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Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, is welcomed by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, before she delivers remarks at a campaign event Aug. 7, 2024, in Eau Claire, Wis. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
The bill was ultimately not taken up due to Republican opposition amid a brewing crisis at the southern border.
But the administration, and Harris, have continued to voice their support for the legislation.
“From day one, once we first got here in workplace, our first invoice was to supply a significant approach to repair our immigration system, together with a pathway to citizenship, protecting households collectively and looking for our Dreamers. And, in fact, it was not taken up,” Harris said in June.
“We do want Congress to behave and to do what we all know is important to totally put the assets into the border and making a significant pathway to citizenship,” she later said.
Harris has this year focused on the bipartisan Senate bill that would bolster resources at the border and provide the ability to limit arrivals when numbers reach a high level. It does not include a pathway to citizenship.
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Since becoming the Democratic nominee, Harris’ campaign has focused on her efforts to provide more funding for border security operations and efforts as a prosecutor tackling drug smugglers.
“As president, she is going to rent 1000’s extra border brokers and crack down on fentanyl and human trafficking. Fixing the border is hard. So is Kamala Harris,” a new ad released this week said.
Get the latest updates on the ongoing border crisis from the Fox News Digital immigration hub.
