Presidential Debate hosted by ABC News, Philadelphia PA: on Immigration


Donald Trump: FactCheck: No, immigrants in Ohio aren't eating pet dogs

Q: We're going to turn now to immigration.

TRUMP: By allowing these millions of people to come into our country, look at what's happening to the towns all over the United States. In Springfield, they're eating the dogs. The people that came in. They're eating the cats. They're eating the pets of the people that live there. And this is what's happening in our country. And it's a shame.

Q: I just want to clarify here, you bring up Springfield, Ohio. And ABC News did reach out to the city manager there. He told us there have been no credible reports of specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community.

TRUMP: Well, I've seen people on television say my dog was taken and used for food. So maybe he said that and maybe that's a good thing to say for a city manager.

Q: I'm not taking this from television. I'm taking it from the city manager.

TRUMP: But the people on television say their dog was eaten by the people that went there.

Source: ABC News FactCheck: 2024 Presidential debate in Philadelphia Sep 10, 2024

Kamala Harris: I supported border security bill which Trump ordered killed

HARRIS: The United States Congress, including some of the most conservative members of the Senate, came up with a border security bill which I supported. And that bill would have put 1,500 more border agents on the border to help those folks who are working there right now over time trying to do their job. It would have allowed us to stem the flow of fentanyl coming into the United States. But you know what happened to that bill? Donald Trump got on the phone, called up some folks in Congress, and said "kill the bill." And you know why? Because he preferred to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem.

[Wikipedia FactCheck]: James Lankford (R-OK) was the lead Senate Republican negotiator on a bipartisan bill intended to resolve the Mexico- US border crisis. Senate Republicans swiftly turned against the bill upon its release on Feb. 4, after Donald Trump said he did not want President Biden to score a political win with it. On Feb. 7, Senate Republicans blocked the bill in a floor vote.

Source: ABC News 2024 Presidential debate in Philadelphia Sep 10, 2024

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2024 Presidential contenders on Immigration:
  Candidates for President & Vice-President:
V.P.Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.(I-CA)
Chase Oliver(L-GA)
Dr.Jill Stein(D-MA)
Former Pres.Donald Trump(R-FL)
Sen.J.D.Vance(R-OH)
Gov.Tim Walz(D-MN)
Dr.Cornel West(I-NJ)

2024 presidential primary contenders:
Pres.Joe_Biden(D-DE)
N.D.Gov.Doug Burgum(R)
N.J.Gov.Chris_Christie(R)
Fla.Gov.Ron_DeSantis(R)
S.C.Gov.Nikki_Haley(R)
Ark.Gov.Asa_Hutchinson(R)
Former V.P.Mike Pence(R-IN)
U.S.Rep.Dean_Phillips(D-MN)
Vivek_Ramaswamy(R-OH)
S.C.Sen.Tim_Scott(R)
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