Commentary: Democrats can't win votes or help migrants by sharply restricting deportations
by Peter H. Schuck, Los Angeles Times
Jul 03, 2019
3 minutes
The most important moment in the Democratic debates didn't come in response to questions about healthcare, income inequality or caged children without enough to eat. It was when Sen. Kamala Harris, widely considered the winner of the two-night spectacle, answered Telemundo reporter Jose Diaz-Balart's question about deporting people who are in the U.S. illegally but have committed no other offense. Harris, who clearly welcomed the question, immediately and vehemently responded: "Absolutely not; they should not be deported."
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