Kamala Harris' new vice president pick and Democratic running mate spoke about immigration last week, and specifically Texas' crackdown in recent years.
Kamala Harris ' new running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz , has talked a lot in recent weeks about building up the middle class, making it more affordable to raise children and protecting public education. But he has thoughts on the border, too. In an interview posted last week on the Ezra Klein Show , Walz was asked about Gov.
, that would have toughened asylum standards, created a threshold to temporarily close the border when crossings rose, and surged courtroom and deportation resources to the border. Texas' two Republican senators helped block the measure, saying it would do too little to slow crossings. But the attacks from Republicans also came as former President Donald Trump urged GOP members to deny Joe Biden a political win in an election year.
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