Vice President Harris’ campaign is touting her record on immigration policy in an ad arguing that she will be tough on the contentious issue of the southern border.
The 30-second ad, titled “Harder,” highlights the vice president’s work as a prosecutor in California before becoming a senator.
“Kamala Harris has spent decades fighting violent crime. As a state border prosecutor, she took on drug cartels and arrested gang members for smuggling weapons and drugs across the border,” the ad says.
It adds that “as vice president, she supported the strictest border control bill in decades. And as president, she will hire thousands of border agents and crack down on fentanyl and human trafficking.”
“Fixing the border is difficult. Kamala Harris too.”
Harris’ campaign has tried to fend off attacks from former President Trump’s campaign on the border, which Republicans are inclined to keep as a major issue ahead of the November elections.
“Kamala Harris was put in sole charge of the border. She quickly became the WORST AND MOST DANGEROUS BORDER IN HISTORY. As president, Harris WILL completely DESTROY OUR COUNTRY!” Trump said in a Social Posting the Truth Sunday afternoon.
Harris’ new ad will run in Arizona and Nevada, the campaign said in a memo, adding that the vice president will continue to attack Trump for his role in the failure of a border agreement negotiated by a bipartisan group of senators.
“She and Governor Walz are campaigning on a promise to bring back the agreement if they are elected. To reinforce its message, our campaign highlights its fight to secure the border in a new ad running in both states,” the campaign said.
Last week, the Trump campaign released its first ad targeting Harris about her role in the Biden administration in combating migration to the U.S. border. And House Republicans recently passed a resolution that condemned Harris as the Biden administration’s “border czar,” after she was tasked in 2021 with addressing the root causes of migration.
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