Video from December 2017 surfaced Thursday of then Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) berating Individuals for celebrating Christmas whereas unlawful aliens had been being denied amnesty.
Harris is now the presumptive Democratic Social gathering presidential nominee and her report is dealing with recent scrutiny.
UPDATE: NBC Latino posted a captioned photograph of Harris dated December 19, 2017, “”How dare we communicate Merry Christmas!!”- Sen. Kamala Harris at Dream Act rally.”
“How dare we communicate Merry Christmas!!”- Sen. Kamala Harris at Dream Act rally. pic.twitter.com/XmMRqbzaLg
— NBC Latino (@NBCLatino) December 19, 2017
Within the video first reported by Fox Information, Harris is seen wagging her finger and scolding Individuals, “And once we all sing blissful tunes, and sing Merry Christmas, and want one another Merry Christmas, these kids are usually not going to have a Merry Christmas. How dare we communicate Merry Christmas. How dare we? They won’t have a Merry Christmas.”
WATCH: Kamala Harris rages at press convention for unlawful immigrants saying individuals should not say “Merry Christmas” till they get amnesty. pic.twitter.com/XUDCv3griU
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Fox Information reported Harris was talking at a press convention reacting to President Trump ending Barack Obama’s DACA program for unlawful alien kids. (excerpt)
Harris made the remarks in December 2017 at a press convention after then-President Trump had introduced the top of the Deferred Motion for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which shielded some unlawful immigrants who got here to the U.S. as minors from deportation. Harris stated it was “morally unsuitable” to remove the prevailing protections for these protected by the Obama-era government order.
Trump had known as for Congress to behave to come back to a deal that may prolong these protections coupled with harder enforcement, together with the development of a wall on the southern border.
However, as Congress struggled to achieve a deal, liberal activists and Democrats warned that the unlawful immigrants had been now dealing with uncertainty over Christmas as their protections would go away.
“They don’t know if they are going to be right here in a matter of days, weeks and months,” Harris stated. “Since Sept. 5, over 12,000 have misplaced their standing… And for that purpose, we should get this accomplished, and we should get it accomplished earlier than the top of this yr. No January, no February, no March, now.”
Longer clip through Fox Information:
Harris had an op-ed revealed in Elle dated December 20, 2017 through which she pushed for amnesty (excerpt):
…On September 5 of this yr, the Trump Administration cruelly, arbitrarily ended DACA. Since then, greater than 12,000 younger individuals have misplaced DACA standing. That’s greater than 100 individuals each single day. These younger individuals’s lives are actually in limbo. With out DACA, their solely choices are to reside right here with out papers and in worry of deportation, or to go away the one nation they’ve ever identified. They don’t have any path to citizenship. They will’t go away the nation and get in line to immigrate right here. There isn’t any line. And for this Administration, that’s the purpose.
The choice to rescind DACA is a part of a much wider try to focus on immigrants. This Administration has ignited anti-immigrant sentiment, characterizing immigrants as rapists, murderers, and people who find themselves going to steal your jobs. That might not be farther from the reality. DACA doesn’t defend criminals from deportation, and approval and renewal are solely granted to recipients if, amongst different issues, they haven’t been convicted of a felony, vital misdemeanor, or a number of misdemeanors.
…Congress has the power to repair this. There may be bipartisan laws proper now within the Home and the Senate that offers these younger individuals a everlasting path to citizenship. It’s known as the DREAM Act, and we should move it—now.
…With the vacations upon us, it’s my want that every of my colleagues within the Home and the Senate take time to actually see these younger individuals. Not by a lens of partisanship or politics, not by a lens that’s ideological, however to simply see them primarily based on who they’re. These younger individuals can’t wait a minute longer. Congress should move the DREAM Act now.
After supporting open borders and amnesty all her years in Washington, Harris is now making an attempt to painting herself as a border hawk as she runs for president this yr.
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Kamala Harris is preventing to repair our damaged immigration system. Donald Trump is making an attempt to cease her. pic.twitter.com/t200w8iAYv
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) July 30, 2024
