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Trump campaign launches ad claiming Harris immigration policies will drain Social Security

From CNN's David Wright

Donald Trump’s campaign launched a new ad Tuesday claiming that Kamala Harris’ immigration policies will cause cuts to Social Security benefits, pointedly aimed at senior voters and mixing several key attack lines.

“Attention seniors,” the ad opens. “Kamala Harris has promised amnesty for the 10 million illegals she allowed in as borders czar, making them eligible for Social Security. Studies warn this will lead to cuts in your social security benefits.”

It continues, “President Trump opposes amnesty and any cuts to your benefits and will eliminate taxes on Social Security because he’s on your side.”

The new ad from the Trump campaign references a 2020 paper from a far-right organization, the Federation for American Immigration Reform, highlighting the line, “adding more migrants will doom Social Security.”

Key context: Non-US citizens typically do not qualify for social welfare programs like Social Security and unemployment insurance. At the same time, migrants who are legally authorized to work in the US make contributions to the programs via payroll deductions.

Vice President Harris has not promised amnesty or Social Security benefits to undocumented immigrants, and has gone on an offensive on the issue since becoming the Democratic nominee, while the Biden administration has embraced some Trump administration policies in an effort to secure the southern border. In her speech accepting the Democratic nomination last week, Harris said that “we can create an earned pathway to citizenship and secure our border.

And as immigration has become a major point of attack from the Trump campaign and its allies, the Harris campaign has spent more than $10 million airing an ad looking to blunt that criticism, touting her record in law enforcement, vowing that “she will hire thousands more border agents and crack down on fentanyl and human trafficking.”