It was in 2019 that Kamala Harris’ true feelings came out.

If she were put in charge, she would shut down all the detention centers.

And that would be on Day 1, her very first priority.

I guess we have a better understanding now why the border crisis exists while she was put in charge of it.

She used the idea of ‘kids in cages’ as the emotional leverage to get people to support that idea.

That doesn’t hold water anymore.

Seeing as how the images of kids in cages at the border occurred on Obama’s watch.

Here is Kamala Harris saying in 2019 that if she is elected, she would shut down for-profit private detention centers. Expressing outrage at the kids and cages that were put there by Barack Obama.

Since Harris/Biden took office, they have lost 85,000 unaccompanied minors… pic.twitter.com/gjVm6CdQ8e

— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) July 24, 2024

Collin Rugg, political commentator posted:

The statement completely contradicts Harris’ recent push to appear as a candidate who wants a secure border.

Question: “When you become president, would you be committing to close the immigration detention centers?”

Answer: “Absolutely, on day one.”

Detention centers are currently used to hold “noncitizens who are subject to mandatory detention or those that ICE determines are a public safety or flight risk during the custody determination process.” (ICE)

Harris wants to release them into the public.

NEW: Kamala Harris vows to close detention centers that hold illegal immigrants "on day one" if she becomes president.

The statement completely contradicts Harris' recent push to appear as a candidate who wants a secure border.

Question: "When you become president, would you be… pic.twitter.com/73rKlNDaxb

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 12, 2024

Fox News reports:

Vice President Kamala Harris once pledged to close all privately-run immigration detention centers “on day one” during her first presidential campaign, as her record on the southern border continues to generate heavy criticism.

A resurfaced video clip shows then-Sen. Harris at an October 2019 town hall in Iowa City, Iowa during her 2020 bid.

“I want to know, when you become president, would you be committing to closing the immigration detention centers?” an attendee is heard asking.

“Absolutely, on day one. On day one,” Harris responded.

Fox News Digital has reached doubt to the Harris campaign asking if her position has changed.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, posted the footage on his social media feed.

“When she tells you who she is… …believe her,” he wrote.

As of the July 2024 fiscal year, more than 37,000 migrants were being held across 18 private detention facilities, according to U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) data. Just over 10,000 of those migrants have criminal records while about 4,600 have pending criminal charges.

On Monday, ICE announced several arrests, including the deportation of a Brazilian man wanted for attempted murder who was caught and released at the southern border in March. A Dominican man was also arrested and charged with fentanyl trafficking in Massachusetts after he was caught & released at the border in February.

“Kids in cages”

For 4 years, we heard Democrats go on and on about “kids in cages.”

Democrats don’t want to acknowledge that it was Barack Obama who built those cages.

Now, Joe Biden is building bigger cages. pic.twitter.com/fhQn4DoZyo

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) April 1, 2021

It was so heartless for Trump to start putting kids in cages at the border. I can't believe that he came up with such a cruel idea…

Just kidding, that was Barack Obama. pic.twitter.com/HaTsPvOiPy

— Gain of Fauci (@DschlopesIsBack) February 20, 2024