US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris clashed with Fox News’s Bret Baier Wednesday night (Oct 17), as she appeared on the channel labelled as ‘pro-Republican’ by the US media. Within a few minutes into the interview, Harris was back to her classic “May I please finish, you have to let me finish” dialogue.

<h2>‘Broken immigration system’</h2>

During the interview, Harris, who was appointed as ‘Border Czar’ under the Joe Biden administration, admitted the USA’s immigration system was ‘broken’.

“The point is that we have a broken immigration system that needs to be repaired,” said Harris. “So, your Homeland Security Secretary said that 85 per cent of apprehensions,” Mr Baier interjected. “I'm not finished. We have an immigration system,” Harris shot back.

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“It's a rough estimate that 6 million people have been released into the country,” the Fox News anchor cut Harris off again.

“And let me just finish. I'll get to the question. I promise you. I was beginning to answer,” Harris pleaded.

“We recognized from day one that to the point of this being your first question, it is a priority for us as a nation and for the American people. Our focus has been on fixing a problem. From day one, then, we have done a number of things, including to address our asylum system and put more resources, getting more judges, what we needed to do to tighten up penalties and increase penalties for illegal crossings, what we needed to do to deal with points of entry between border, entry points,” she said.

<h2>Donald Trump ‘Unstable’</h2>

Harris took the opportunity to attack her rival, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, calling him unstable" and questioning the 78-year-old former president's fitness for office.

"He has talked about turning the American military on the American people. He has talked about going after the people who are engaged in peaceful protest. He has talked about locking people up because they disagree with him," she said.

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"He is unstable, and we should all be concerned," she told Baier.

<h2>‘Not a continuation of Joe Biden’s policies’</h2>

Harris also tried to do same damage control after last week, saying that she couldn’t do much different from the unpopular democratic leader over the last four years.

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“My presidency will not be a continuation of Joe Biden’s presidency,” Harris said. “Like every new president that comes into office, I will bring my life experiences and my professional experiences and fresh and new ideas.”

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US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris clashed with Fox News’s Bret Baier Wednesday night (Oct 17), as she appeared on the channel labelled as ‘pro-Republican’ by the US media.

US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris clashed with Fox News’s Bret Baier Wednesday night (Oct 17), as she appeared on the channel labelled as ‘pro-Republican’ by the US media. Within a few minutes into the interview, Harris was back to her classic “May I please finish, you have to let me finish” dialogue. ‘Broken immigration system’ During the interview, Harris, who was appointed as ‘Border Czar’ under the Joe Biden administration, admitted the USA’s immigration system was ‘broken’. “The point is that we have a broken immigration system that needs to be repaired,” said Harris. “So, your Homeland Security Secretary said that 85 per cent of apprehensions,” Mr Baier interjected. “I'm not finished. We have an immigration system,” Harris shot back. Vice President Harris: Within hours of taking the oath, we introduced a bill to fix our broken immigration system. It was not taken up Fox host: *interrupts* Vice President Harris: May I finish responding to you? I supported a bill by some of the most conservative members of… pic.twitter.com/48dpkPzr6h — Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 16, 2024 × “It's a rough estimate that 6 million people have been released into the country,” the Fox News anchor cut Harris off again. “And let me just finish. I'll get to the question. I promise you. I was beginning to answer,” Harris pleaded. “We recognized from day one that to the point of this being your first question, it is a priority for us as a nation and for the American people. Our focus has been on fixing a problem. From day one, then, we have done a number of things, including to address our asylum system and put more resources, getting more judges, what we needed to do to tighten up penalties and increase penalties for illegal crossings, what we needed to do to deal with points of entry between border, entry points,” she said. Donald Trump ‘Unstable’ Harris took the opportunity to attack her rival, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, calling him unstable" and questioning the 78-year-old former president's fitness for office. "He has talked about turning the American military on the American people. He has talked about going after the people who are engaged in peaceful protest. He has talked about locking people up because they disagree with him," she said. Also read: Is Kamala Harris losing Arab-American support in coming US elections? "He is unstable, and we should all be concerned," she told Baier. ‘Not a continuation of Joe Biden’s policies’ Harris also tried to do same damage control after last week, saying that she couldn’t do much different from the unpopular democratic leader over the last four years. Also read: US Elections 2024: Donald Trump Takes Betting Odds Lead Against Kamala Harris “My presidency will not be a continuation of Joe Biden’s presidency,” Harris said. “Like every new president that comes into office, I will bring my life experiences and my professional experiences and fresh and new ideas.” (With inputs from agencies)

Kamala Harris labels Trump ‘unstable’, immigration system ‘broken’ in rare Fox interview

Unanimity is an extremely rare commodity in the deeply divided United States but there is one sensitive issue on which politicians of all stripes agree: the country’s immigration system is broken. That has been a common complaint for more than three decades but no solution is in sight.

It’s not for lack of public concern about the way things are in a nation of immigrants. Type in the phrase “America and broken immigration system” for a google search and you get a whopping 51 million results. Try “comprehensive immigration reform” and up come more than 30 million.

The latter is a common aim. It has not been achieved because of wildly conflicting ideas on where to start and what to fix. Meanwhile, it is easy to find dysfunction and puzzling disparities all along a complicated system which features 185 different types of visas under two broad categories – immigrant and non-immigrant.

Wait times for an appointment to apply even for a tourist visa can be long and differ sharply from country to country and city to city. The latest Wait Times List issued by the Department of State on January 12, for example, shows that a resident of Mumbai needs to wait 571 days. In Beijing, just 18 days. Mexico City, 638 days.

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Wait times for other types of visas, for study or temporary work sponsored by an employer, usually take less time. But applicants are often turned away. According to an analysis by the Chamber of Commerce last summer, just one out of three people applying for work visas was accepted; one out of four applicants for highly-skilled work made the cut.

Which is among the reasons why foreigners enter, or try to enter, the United States illegally either by overstaying their visitors’ visas or by crossing the southern border with Mexico.

Add tens of thousands who flee poverty or violence in their home country and you understand an exasperated assertion by US&nbsp;President Joe Biden during a summit this month with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, America’s southern and northern neighbours: “Our entire hemisphere is experiencing unprecedented levels of migration – greater than any time in history.”

This is most glaringly obvious on the border with Mexico, where tens of thousands have crossed into the US&nbsp;in recent months, either illegally across deserts or the border river or through official points of entry where they surrender to Border Patrol agents to ask for political asylum.

Cities on the US&nbsp;side of the border, such as El Paso, simply lack the facilities to cope with the onslaught which led to scenes more familiar from conflict-torn countries, with dozens of people sleeping on the streets, huddled under blankets.

When it comes to discussing immigration reform, the focus of America’s political right is almost exclusively on the southern border which Republicans decry as a gateway for drugs, criminals and terrorists. The Biden administration stands accused of neglecting the problem and failing to make enough of a distinction between economic migrants and asylum seekers.

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They have a right to apply for asylum under international laws developed in the wake of World War II and the holocaust when countries pledged to welcome people who had legitimate fears for their lives.

The Department of Homeland Security defines it this way: “An individual will be found to have a credible fear of persecution if he or she establishes that there is a ‘significant possibility’…that he or she has been persecuted or has a well-founded fear or persecution or harm on account of her race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion.” The decision is up to an immigration judge.

Genuine asylum seekers make up relatively small number of the 2.4 million people apprehended at the border in the fiscal year that ended last September. For many years, the bulk of the border crossers were Mexicans. Now, the majority are from Central America along with a wide array of people from around the world. Even from India, whose citizens traditionally preferred migration to less distant countries. In the past 16 months alone, a record 16,290 Indian citizens were taken into custody at the border, way up from the previous record of 8,997 in 2018.

The last immigration reform designed to be comprehensive, dates back to 1986 in the administration of a Republican president, Ronald Reagan. The Immigration Reform and Control Act legalised 2.7 million undocumented immigrants, tightened border security and provided for sanctions against employers who “knowingly” hired illegal workers.

Reagan’s reforms were supposed to halt the influx of such workers but it failed, largely because employers in need of cheap labour used flexible interpretations of the work “knowingly” and insisted they were not immigration enforcement agents.

Since 1986, there have been several piecemeal attempts to come to grips with immigration, none noticeably effective. Now that the border again is the focus of attention, the term “comprehensive” is back in the Washington political vocabulary.

But there is an absence of ideas acceptable to both ends of the political spectrum on how to deal with the estimated 11.5 million undocumented workers already in the country, many of them for decades and leading productive lives; how to deal with more than 600,000 people who were brought to America as children by their illegal border crosser parents; how to make it easier for people on work or study visas to stay and become citizens.

Hard-liners on the political right, who gained more influence in the House of Representatives after the mid-term elections last November, are opposed to almost all immigration. The flip side of such attitudes were spelt out by US&nbsp;Labor Secretary Martin Walsh at the World Economic Forum in Davos in mid-January.

“We need immigration reform in America,” he told the forum. “Right now we don’t have a good immigration policy. There are jobs available right now in the US that we don’t have enough people for. The threat to the American economy long-term is not inflation, it’s about immigration. It’s not having enough workers.”

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Unanimity is an extremely rare commodity in the deeply divided United States but there is one sensitive issue on which politicians of all stripes agree: the country’s immigration system is broken.

Unanimity is an extremely rare commodity in the deeply divided United States but there is one sensitive issue on which politicians of all stripes agree: the country’s immigration system is broken. That has been a common complaint for more than three decades but no solution is in sight. It’s not for lack of public concern about the way things are in a nation of immigrants. Type in the phrase “America and broken immigration system” for a google search and you get a whopping 51 million results. Try “comprehensive immigration reform” and up come more than 30 million. The latter is a common aim. It has not been achieved because of wildly conflicting ideas on where to start and what to fix. Meanwhile, it is easy to find dysfunction and puzzling disparities all along a complicated system which features 185 different types of visas under two broad categories – immigrant and non-immigrant. Wait times for an appointment to apply even for a tourist visa can be long and differ sharply from country to country and city to city. The latest Wait Times List issued by the Department of State on January 12, for example, shows that a resident of Mumbai needs to wait 571 days. In Beijing, just 18 days. Mexico City, 638 days. Also Read | US Supreme Court stays 'Title 42' which blocks Mexican migrants from entering the country Wait times for other types of visas, for study or temporary work sponsored by an employer, usually take less time. But applicants are often turned away. According to an analysis by the Chamber of Commerce last summer, just one out of three people applying for work visas was accepted; one out of four applicants for highly-skilled work made the cut. Which is among the reasons why foreigners enter, or try to enter, the United States illegally either by overstaying their visitors’ visas or by crossing the southern border with Mexico. Add tens of thousands who flee poverty or violence in their home country and you understand an exasperated assertion by US President Joe Biden during a summit this month with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, America’s southern and northern neighbours: “Our entire hemisphere is experiencing unprecedented levels of migration – greater than any time in history.” This is most glaringly obvious on the border with Mexico, where tens of thousands have crossed into the US in recent months, either illegally across deserts or the border river or through official points of entry where they surrender to Border Patrol agents to ask for political asylum. Cities on the US side of the border, such as El Paso, simply lack the facilities to cope with the onslaught which led to scenes more familiar from conflict-torn countries, with dozens of people sleeping on the streets, huddled under blankets. When it comes to discussing immigration reform, the focus of America’s political right is almost exclusively on the southern border which Republicans decry as a gateway for drugs, criminals and terrorists. The Biden administration stands accused of neglecting the problem and failing to make enough of a distinction between economic migrants and asylum seekers. Also Read | Political 'stunt': 85 migrants dropped outside VP Kamala Harris' house amid -18 degree temperature They have a right to apply for asylum under international laws developed in the wake of World War II and the holocaust when countries pledged to welcome people who had legitimate fears for their lives. The Department of Homeland Security defines it this way: “An individual will be found to have a credible fear of persecution if he or she establishes that there is a ‘significant possibility’…that he or she has been persecuted or has a well-founded fear or persecution or harm on account of her race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion.” The decision is up to an immigration judge. Genuine asylum seekers make up relatively small number of the 2.4 million people apprehended at the border in the fiscal year that ended last September. For many years, the bulk of the border crossers were Mexicans. Now, the majority are from Central America along with a wide array of people from around the world. Even from India, whose citizens traditionally preferred migration to less distant countries. In the past 16 months alone, a record 16,290 Indian citizens were taken into custody at the border, way up from the previous record of 8,997 in 2018. The last immigration reform designed to be comprehensive, dates back to 1986 in the administration of a Republican president, Ronald Reagan. The Immigration Reform and Control Act legalised 2.7 million undocumented immigrants, tightened border security and provided for sanctions against employers who “knowingly” hired illegal workers. Reagan’s reforms were supposed to halt the influx of such workers but it failed, largely because employers in need of cheap labour used flexible interpretations of the work “knowingly” and insisted they were not immigration enforcement agents. Since 1986, there have been several piecemeal attempts to come to grips with immigration, none noticeably effective. Now that the border again is the focus of attention, the term “comprehensive” is back in the Washington political vocabulary. But there is an absence of ideas acceptable to both ends of the political spectrum on how to deal with the estimated 11.5 million undocumented workers already in the country, many of them for decades and leading productive lives; how to deal with more than 600,000 people who were brought to America as children by their illegal border crosser parents; how to make it easier for people on work or study visas to stay and become citizens. Hard-liners on the political right, who gained more influence in the House of Representatives after the mid-term elections last November, are opposed to almost all immigration. The flip side of such attitudes were spelt out by US Labor Secretary Martin Walsh at the World Economic Forum in Davos in mid-January. “We need immigration reform in America,” he told the forum. “Right now we don’t have a good immigration policy. There are jobs available right now in the US that we don’t have enough people for. 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There have been "no big changes" in the H-1B programme and "nothing new" on the H-4 visa policy, the US said on Wednesday, amid the Trump administration's plan to overhaul the immigration system.

US Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) in Delhi, MaryKay L Carlson said granting employment visa and work permits are the sovereign decision of a country.&nbsp

The US Mission here today observed 'Student Visa Day', an event to celebrate higher education ties between India and the United States.

"There have been no big changes in the H-1B programme and nothing new on H-4...," Carlson told reporters here.

Certainly, employment visa and work permits for Indians is the sovereign decision of the US, the official said.

The Trump administration's move to end the Obama-era rule could have an impact on more than 70,000 H-4 visas holders, who have work permits.

H-4 is issued to the spouse of H-1B visa holders, a significantly large number of whom are high-skilled professionals from India.&nbsp

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had last month said the government would make all efforts to persuade the Trump administration against such a move.

In her annual press conference on May 28, the minister had said it was true that President Donald Trump was reviewing the H-4 visa programme and there were reports of its possible revocation.

On the occasion of 'Student Visa Day', the Mission also dedicated the day to student visa applicants who have enrolled for higher studies in different US universities.

The US Embassy in New Delhi and the consulate general of Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai, welcomed over 4,000 Indian students, who applied for visas to study in the United States.

In 2017, more than 1,86,000 Indian students were enrolled in US institutions for higher education, more than double the number from a decade ago and a 12 per cent increase from the year before.

India is the second leading place of origin for students coming to the US, with Indians comprising over 17 per cent of the total international students in the United States, according to the US.

Consular staff members wore shirts and hats from their alma maters.

Some consulates invited guest alumni speakers, while others had a video or "selfie" station.

Representatives from partners, including EducationUSA, the American Library, and recent US graduates were present at the event to give their insights and answer queries from students about studying in the United States.

US Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) in Delhi, MaryKay L Carlson said granting employment visa and work permits are the sovereign decision of a country.

There have been "no big changes" in the H-1B programme and "nothing new" on the H-4 visa policy, the US said on Wednesday, amid the Trump administration's plan to overhaul the immigration system. US Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) in Delhi, MaryKay L Carlson said granting employment visa and work permits are the sovereign decision of a country. The US Mission here today observed 'Student Visa Day', an event to celebrate higher education ties between India and the United States. "There have been no big changes in the H-1B programme and nothing new on H-4...," Carlson told reporters here. Certainly, employment visa and work permits for Indians is the sovereign decision of the US, the official said. The Trump administration's move to end the Obama-era rule could have an impact on more than 70,000 H-4 visas holders, who have work permits. H-4 is issued to the spouse of H-1B visa holders, a significantly large number of whom are high-skilled professionals from India. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had last month said the government would make all efforts to persuade the Trump administration against such a move. In her annual press conference on May 28, the minister had said it was true that President Donald Trump was reviewing the H-4 visa programme and there were reports of its possible revocation. On the occasion of 'Student Visa Day', the Mission also dedicated the day to student visa applicants who have enrolled for higher studies in different US universities. The US Embassy in New Delhi and the consulate general of Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai, welcomed over 4,000 Indian students, who applied for visas to study in the United States. In 2017, more than 1,86,000 Indian students were enrolled in US institutions for higher education, more than double the number from a decade ago and a 12 per cent increase from the year before. India is the second leading place of origin for students coming to the US, with Indians comprising over 17 per cent of the total international students in the United States, according to the US. Consular staff members wore shirts and hats from their alma maters. Some consulates invited guest alumni speakers, while others had a video or "selfie" station. Representatives from partners, including EducationUSA, the American Library, and recent US graduates were present at the event to give their insights and answer queries from students about studying in the United States.

'No big changes' in H-1B visa: US Deputy Chief of Mission Carlson

Government delays, uncertainty and under-resourcing have left the British borders and immigration system unprepared for Brexit, according to a parliamentary report on Wednesday.

Lack of clarity over immigration intentions is creating anxiety for EU citizens in the UK and putting already overstretched immigration officials in an impossible position, it added.

&quot;The government does not seem to appreciate the immense bureaucratic challenge they are facing or how much time and resources they need to plan on Brexit,&quot; it said.

The report by the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee criticised delays in publishing a so-called White Paper outlining the government`s post-Brexit immigration plans.

Prime Minister Theresa May`s office has said it is considering various options for the post-Brexit immigration system and will set out its initial plans &quot;as and when they are ready.&quot;

But the committee said failure to set out immigration objectives soon will deny parliament and those affected the chance to debate plans before they are finalised.&nbsp;

&quot;That is unacceptable,&quot; it added. &quot;We had expected these questions to be answered in the much-delayed White Paper but its publication has been delayed further and it may not now appear until the end of this year at the earliest.&quot;

May has warned that European citizens arriving in Britain after Brexit next year may lose some rights, setting up a clash with the EU over their treatment during any transition period before leaving the bloc.

Curbing immigration was a key reason why Britons voted to leave the EU in 2016, following a large influx of EU citizens, especially from poorer countries in eastern Europe.

&quot;With little more than a year to go, the government is still failing to set out crucial details on the registration of current (EU) residents,&quot; the report said.

Failure to set out detailed plans for the registration of foreign nationals and the transition period soon will make it impossible for immigration and border officials to do their job properly, it warned. 
The government needed to clarify urgently whether it wants additional border checks after March 2019 when Britain leaves.

It should aim to agree transitional arrangements with the EU which involve no practical change to customs operations, it added. &quot;Removing border staff from security or immigration checks to do additional customs checks would be unacceptable.&quot;

&quot;Government drift is putting everyone in an impossible position,&quot; said committee chair Yvette Cooper. &quot;The lack of detail with just over a year to go is irresponsible.&quot;

Lack of clarity over immigration intentions is creating anxiety for EU citizens

Government delays, uncertainty and under-resourcing have left the British borders and immigration system unprepared for Brexit, according to a parliamentary report on Wednesday. Lack of clarity over immigration intentions is creating anxiety for EU citizens in the UK and putting already overstretched immigration officials in an impossible position, it added. "The government does not seem to appreciate the immense bureaucratic challenge they are facing or how much time and resources they need to plan on Brexit," it said. The report by the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee criticised delays in publishing a so-called White Paper outlining the government`s post-Brexit immigration plans. Prime Minister Theresa May`s office has said it is considering various options for the post-Brexit immigration system and will set out its initial plans "as and when they are ready." But the committee said failure to set out immigration objectives soon will deny parliament and those affected the chance to debate plans before they are finalised. "That is unacceptable," it added. "We had expected these questions to be answered in the much-delayed White Paper but its publication has been delayed further and it may not now appear until the end of this year at the earliest." May has warned that European citizens arriving in Britain after Brexit next year may lose some rights, setting up a clash with the EU over their treatment during any transition period before leaving the bloc. Curbing immigration was a key reason why Britons voted to leave the EU in 2016, following a large influx of EU citizens, especially from poorer countries in eastern Europe. "With little more than a year to go, the government is still failing to set out crucial details on the registration of current (EU) residents," the report said. Failure to set out detailed plans for the registration of foreign nationals and the transition period soon will make it impossible for immigration and border officials to do their job properly, it warned. The government needed to clarify urgently whether it wants additional border checks after March 2019 when Britain leaves. It should aim to agree transitional arrangements with the EU which involve no practical change to customs operations, it added. "Removing border staff from security or immigration checks to do additional customs checks would be unacceptable." "Government drift is putting everyone in an impossible position," said committee chair Yvette Cooper. "The lack of detail with just over a year to go is irresponsible."

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