Harris Vows to Tighten Border Security in Bid to Counter Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : She also stopped at the Raul H. Castro Port of Entry in Douglas, where she received a briefing from Customs and Border Protection officials, including on the agency's drug enforcement operations.
48% : Her address highlighted the political tightrope facing her, as she argued for both strengthening border security while providing legal pathways to citizenship for migrants already in the country -- a priority for many voters on the left -- and sought a draw a stark contrast between her approach and Trump's.
47% : Polls show voters trust Trump more on immigration, with a Bloomberg News/Morning Consult survey this month finding he has a 14-point advantage over Harris among voters across seven swing states, including Arizona, on the issue.
45% : Overall, the poll shows Harris leading Trump 50% to 47% among likely voters in that state.
22% : Trump ContrastHarris sought to lay the blame for the immigration crisis directly on Trump, saying that he had "tanked" a bipartisan bill to surge resources to the border because "he prefers to run on a problem, instead of fixing a problem.
22% : "Trump has vowed that if elected he will finish building the border wall, bring back his travel ban that barred people from predominantly Muslim countries and institute mass deportations of illegal immigrants.
21% : Trump won Arizona in 2016 but lost it narrowly to Biden in 2020 by fewer than 11,000 votes.
16% : "Biden and Harris have rebuked Trump for his language on immigration, including saying that migrants are "poisoning the blood of our country" and for unfounded claims that Haitian migrants were eating their neighbors' dogs and cats in an Ohio town.
10% : Trump has sought to pin the blame for the crisis on Harris, labeling her the "border czar" and highlighting incidents of violent crime committed by migrants or where they are suspects.

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