Kamala Harris in CNN Kfile

On Immigration: 2008: Supported SF policy reported arrested juveniles to ICE

Sen. Kamala Harris mischaracterized a 2008 policy she supported for a citywide policy enacted by then-Mayor Gavin Newsom of reporting juvenile undocumented immigrants arrested by local police to ICE. The decision revoked a previous policy of non-reporting. Harris called the reporting of arrested juvenile undocumented immigrants before they were convicted of a felony an "unintended consequence" of the policy that she did not support. However, this was in fact the intent of the policy.

A Harris spokesman did not address the senator's mischaracterizations when contacted by CNN's KFile. "As Governor Newsom has said, the initial policy was intended to protect the sanctuary status of San Francisco, which Senator Harris has always supported and defended," Harris spokesman Ian Sams said in a statement. "We have said this policy should have been done differently."

Source: CNN KFile, "Juveniles," on 2020 Democratic primary Feb 27, 2019

On Immigration: Reform system, against "vanity project" of border wall

Harris spokesman Ian Sams said in a statement, "As Senator, Harris is focused on protecting Dreamers, fighting this president's attempts to build a vanity project on the southern border, exercising more oversight of ICE, reforming our immigration system with a path to citizenship. and reuniting families separated by this administration. Those will be her priorities should she be elected president." Source: CNN KFile, "Juveniles," on 2020 Democratic primary Feb 27, 2019

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