Harris expresses support for Puerto Rico on Spanish-language radio show
In a Spanish-language radio interview released Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris again vocalized her support for Puerto Rico.
“My commitment to Puerto Rico is longstanding. Even when I was in the United States Senate as representative of California, I took on a responsibility for myself of also prioritizing the needs of Puerto Rico, because I was aware that Puerto Rico did not have a U.S. senator, and so I was responsible for getting more resources to Puerto Rico," she said in an interview on Univision Radio.
She vowed to continue honoring that commitment "when I am elected president of the United States, God willing, and with the votes of the people listening right now."
She positioned her inclusive approach as a stark contrast to former President Donald Trump's language in recent weeks, which she called "hateful."
“Trump’s comments are hateful [and] are, you know, just furtherance of these tropes that are really unfair and meant to divide and demean people,” she said, citing what Jennifer Lopez said onstage while campaigning for Harris last week.
Harris also called immigration reform “one of [her] highest priorities.”
“The immigration system is just broken,” she said, listing a few of her approaches to fixing it, including securing the border, hiring more asylum judges, creating more humane asylum processes and creating a pathway for "hard-working people" to earn citizenship.
-ABC News' Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, Fritz Farrow and Will McDuffie