Sen. Tim Kaine lashed out at Gov. Mike Pence during Tuesday’s vice presidential debate for supporting a plan to deport 16 million people.
“Donald Trump plans to deport 16 million people — 11 million here without documents. And both Donald Trump and Mike Pence want to get rid of birthright citizenship. So if you’re born here who don’t have documents, that’s another 4.5 million people,” Kaine said. “These guys — deportation force. They want to go house to house, school to school, business to business, and kick out 16 million people.”
Kaine said Hillary Clinton is focused on putting forward “bipartisan reform that will put keeping families together as the top goal.”
“Donald Trump believes in deportation nation. You have got to pick your choice. Hillary and I want a bipartisan reform that will put keeping families together as the top goal,” Kaine added.
Pence shot back, citing history as evidence the amnesty-first approach would not improve the country’s security.
“The people who came into this country illegally are now involved in criminal enterprise and activity. And we don’t have the resources or the will to deport them systematically. Donald Trump said we’re going to move those people out,” Pence said. “That’s the order that you should do it. Border security, removing criminal aliens, upholding the law and then within — senator, I’ll work with you when you go back to the Senate, I promise you. We’ll work with you to reform the immigration system.”
Pence’s approach led with keeping families together, focus deporting those who are violent, more border control and a path to citizenship for all others.
