Kamala Harris' tough-on-migration pitch at the border points to a shifting national mood

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : In January, NBC News polling found that Trump held a 35-point advantage over President Joe Biden among voters asked who they trust more on "securing the border and controlling immigration," In a new NBC News poll this month, Trump led Harris by 21 points.
53% : They don't want to solve the problem, they just want to complain about the problem, and their failure to support the bipartisan border bill is ultimately hurting them," said Murphy, who negotiated the bill with Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz."I'm proud that Democrats, led by the Vice President, are finally talking about border security," he said.
39% : Harris said that, unlike Trump, she would embrace bipartisan solutions "because I know, transnational gangs coming across the border, trafficking in guns, drugs and human beings could care less who somebody voted for in the last election.
31% : The poll found a stark gender divide: Trump led Harris on the border question by 41 points among men, by 52 points among white men and by 13 points among non-white men.
24% : Trump is promising mass deportations of millions of people in the U.S. illegally if he's elected.

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