New Harris Border Security Ads Mark 180 Years of Liberal Immigration Advocacy

Harris’ campaign released a new ad touting Vice President Kamala Harris’ efforts as California’s district attorney to secure the border. It appears to be a different message than the one she wanted to convey as she prepared to be sworn in as a U.S. senator.

“Kamala Harris has spent decades fighting violent crime. As a prosecutor in a border state, she took on drug cartels and jailed gang members for smuggling guns and drugs across the border,” the ad, titled “Tougher,” reads.

The ad also references the Democratic presidential candidate’s time as vice president, claiming that she “backed the toughest border enforcement law in decades. And as president, she will hire thousands more border agents and take tougher action on fentanyl and human trafficking.”

The bill referenced in the ad, a bipartisan agreement between President Biden and a handful of senators, was defeated by Senate Republicans in February. A later attempt to revive the bill was also defeated by GOP lawmakers in May, despite the president’s plea to lawmakers to “stop politicking” on border security.

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Harris has promised to revive the legislation as president.

“Fixing the border is hard. So is Kamala Harris,” the ad reads.

The ad comes as Harris attempts to go on the offensive on border security, an issue that Republicans have tried to highlight as one of her weaknesses after the Biden administration saw record levels of illegal border crossings, particularly after the vice president was put in charge of solving the “root causes” of illegal immigration.

The history of hard-line border policies that Harris’ campaign wants to highlight, however, stands in stark contrast to the message Harris delivered when she was first elected to the Senate in 2016. The then-senator touted her record of “defending immigrants and refugees” after learning she had been tapped to serve on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

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“I am proud to have had a long career as a prosecutor protecting public safety and defending immigrants and refugees,” Harris wrote in a Medium post at the time.

“Here in California, I fought to pass laws that protect immigrant victims of crime and illegal retaliation against undocumented immigrants who report crimes,” she continued. “And during our campaign, I was a leading voice for increasing — not stopping — the number of asylum seekers our country accepts from Syria and other war-torn countries.”

Meanwhile, Republicans continue to attack Harris’ record at the border. Last month, they ran an ad labeling the vice president “weak” and “dangerously liberal” on border security.

Former President Trump has also spoken out in support of the attacks on Harris, taking to Truth Social Sunday to highlight the vice president’s record as the Biden administration’s so-called “border czar.”

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“Kamala Harris was put in complete charge of the border,” Trump said. “It quickly became the WORST, MOST DANGEROUS BORDER IN HISTORY. As President, Harris will COMPLETELY DESTROY OUR COUNTRY!”

Harris’ campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

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