Kamala Harris pledges to advance bipartisan border security bill if elected president

Vice President Kamala Harris has pledged to push Congress to pass a bipartisan border security bill if elected president. This bill aims to increase Border Patrol personnel, speed up immigration decisions, and tighten asylum claims, addressing a key issue in her campaign. The proposed legislation would add 1,500 Border Patrol agents and expand immigration detention capacity from 34,000 to 50,000 beds. It also includes hiring more asylum officers and immigration judges to reduce case backlogs and expedite asylum processes. Harris supports increasing family and employment-based visas and creating a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. She emphasizes the need for both border security and a more efficient immigration system.