Présentation journal

ELECTIONS

Leo BourgarerrrlJules Foltete

All about election programs

A radical trump and a firm harris

Immigration, a central theme of these elections

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Police and Drugs Cartel, another important topic

What measures to take in the face of immigration ?

We are are in the middle of presidential elections and Harris and Trumps are still debate to earn the US ctizens confidence. There are a lot of divergences beetwen both program for exemple the immigration wich is the main topic with a lot of stakes. Harris insist on the safety at the border. She Want to increase the numbers of border patrols agent. Harris want also continue the crackdown on asylum already annouced by Biden governement, the aim of this is to reduce crossings between mexico and US.

At the same time Trump has made a central campaign based on immigration. During his previous mandate he had already built a wall of several kilometers on the border between Mexico and the USA and he intends to continue on its momentum with ideas much more radical than those of his opponent. For exemple he promised to « carry out the largest domestic deportation operation in American history » and he want also terminate of the visas of Hamas sampatizers. Trump would also like to dedicate special police to immigration such as the DEA ATF and FBI.

What the candidates expect regarding police ?

An other important topic of thoses elections is the police. Harris wants to be "smart and tough on crime" She also endorsed the defunding of the police movement, which advocates for directing funds for law enforcement to social services. A measure that she had already mentioned in 2020 when George Floyd was killed by a police officer As for him, Trump is very firm with criminals for example he "will not hesitate to send federal law enforcement to restore peace and public safety". He also wants to open investigations on radical-left prosecutors.

Drugs cartel and traffic

Amajor problem in the country and how candidates wish to deal with it ?

On the question of the drug cartel trump has been just as radical for example he wants to impose heavy penalties for certain crimes for example for any coupablede human smuggling a minimum sentence of 10 years will be applied for child trafficking this will be the prison in life and for any sexual trafficking of children or women there will even be a death sentence

• Harris did not really comment on this subject because during his term biden had already taken many measures such as heavy sanctions regarding fentanyl .