Tucson Standard

Mike D'Amico, an Oro Valley resident and member of St. Mark the Evangelist parish, said Vice President Kamala Harris' plan to close immigration detention centers "defies all logic."

“The Harris agenda goes against the human nature of self-expression and the core family’s survival on meritocracy, not the insanity of CRT and DEI, which defies all logic, common sense, and real social value,” Mike D'Amico said. “We should value all legally vetted immigrants based on their willing assimilation into American culture, including our language and our founding documents, so that they can contribute to making America: One Nation Under God, with liberty and justice for all."

"The open border policy of Harris is financially and criminally dangerous to this country," D'Amico said. "If illegal immigrants are serious about becoming American citizens, then they should obey ALL our immigration laws.”

At a recent campaign event, a member of the audience asked Kamala Harris, “I want to know, when you become president, would you be committing to close the immigration detention centers?”

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

Harris has supported a political agenda that would allow illegal immigrants to come into the country without repercussions, impacting the economy, the workforce, housing availability, and diverting tax money away from U.S. citizens.

Immigration detention centers exist to “protect the homeland through the arrest and removal of those noncitizens who undermine the safety of our nation’s communities and the integrity of U.S. immigration laws.”

Under Harris’ watch, migrant crossings have reached an all time high; with 250,000 migrants crossing the southern border in December of 2023. The previous record was 224,000 in May of 2022, also under the Biden-Harris Administration. 

Since March of 2021, people have been referring to Harris as the “border czar” after President Biden appointed her to oversee the Biden Administration’s efforts at our southern border. 

“I’ve asked her, the VP, today, because she’s the most qualified person to do it, to lead our efforts with Mexico and the northern triangle … in stemming the migration to our southern border,” stated Biden, who sat beside Kamala Harris, both wearing masks.