Harris criticizes Trump's deportation plan, pitches Latino voters at Hispanic caucus conference

Vice President Kamala Harris sought to pitch her candidacy for the nation’s highest office to Latino voters while delivering remarks at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s annual leadership conference in Washington on Wednesday. In a 20-minute speech, Harris ran through many of the same themes and proposals she frequently touts on the campaign trail, with a specific focus on how it would impact Latino communities, a voting bloc that is expected to be influential this November. The vice president also used her remarks on Wednesday to criticize her Republican rival for the White House, former President Donald Trump, for his administration’s family separation policy at the border, which led to kids being taken away from their parents, and his recent pledge on the campaign trail to carry out mass deportations of those who are in the country illegally. The voting bloc could prove critical this November in battleground states like Nevada and Arizona particularly amid recent polls and data from recent election cycles showing Hispanic voters, who have historically backed Democratic candidates, may be increasingly more open to the GOP’s message.