Politics

Harris fights political headwinds on immigration in close race with Trump

The Republican nominee has used a litany of false attacks against Harris and spotlighted the more liberal stances she has taken in the past. As the country has shifted right on border security in recent years, that has been a challenge for the vice president.

Vice President Kamala Harris is facing stiff political headwinds on immigration and border security, with public polls, voter interviews and campaign ads reflecting the challenge she is confronting in the final stage of a close-fought presidential race. Swing voters in battleground states such as Georgia and Pennsylvania have expressed a lack of clarity on. or unease about, Harris’s record, with her embrace of more liberal positions earlier in her political career under a spotlight.

The country has adopted a harder posture against undocumented immigrants in recent years, putting more trust in Republicans than Democrats on border security, surveys show. And former president Donald Trump and his allies are focusing relentlessly on the issue, often using false attacks or racist tropes to portray Harris as soft on the border..