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## Kamala Harris' political views |
The **political positions of [Kamala Harris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris "Kamala Harris")** are reflected by her [United States Senate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate "United States Senate") voting record, public speeches, and interviews. Harris served as the junior senator from Cali... |
Harris's politics are widely seen as consistent with Biden's positions.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris#cite_note-1) In 2020, _[The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times")_ called her a [pragmatic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rea... |
President [Joe Biden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden "Joe Biden") and former President [Barack Obama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama "Barack Obama") look on as Vice President Harris delivers remarks on the [Affordable Care Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act "Affordable Care Act"... |
## Kamala Harris' political views |
### Abortion |
Harris supports [abortion rights](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_rights "Abortion rights") and is reportedly making reproductive health care central to her presidential campaign.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris#cite_note-8) She has been called "the Biden administration'... |
As of 2020, Harris had a 100% rating from the [abortion rights](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_rights "Abortion rights") advocacy group [Planned Parenthood Action Fund](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_Parenthood_Action_Fund "Planned Parenthood Action Fund"), and a 0% rating from the [anti-abortion](https:... |
## Kamala Harris' political views |
### Affirmative action |
Harris opposed California's [ban on affirmative action](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_California_Proposition_209 "1996 California Proposition 209")[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris#cite_note-14) and filed an [amicus curiae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amicus_curiae "Amic... |
## Kamala Harris' political views |
### Capital punishment |
Harris opposes the [death penalty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States "Capital punishment in the United States"), but has said that she would review each case individually.[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris#cite_note-sfbg.com-17) Robert Dunham,... |
As the district attorney of San Francisco, Harris opposed the death penalty, refusing to request it for a man charged with the murder of a police officer. This decision was controversial and criticized by Senator [Dianne Feinstein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein "Dianne Feinstein").[\[19\]](https://en.w... |
## Kamala Harris' political views |
### Criminal justice |
In December 2018, Harris voted for the [First Step Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Step_Act "First Step Act"), legislation aimed at reducing recidivism rates among federal prisoners by expanding job training and other programs, in addition to forming an expansion of early release programs and modifications on ... |
In March 2020, Harris was one of 15 senators to sign a letter to the [Federal Bureau of Prisons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Prisons "Federal Bureau of Prisons") and private prison companies [GEO Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEO_Group "GEO Group"), [CoreCivic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C... |
In June 2020, after a campaign by a coalition of community groups, including [Black Lives Matter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter "Black Lives Matter"), Los Angeles Mayor [Eric Garcetti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Garcetti "Eric Garcetti") announced [Los Angeles Police Department](https://en.wi... |
> We've got to reexamine what we're doing with American taxpayer dollars and ask the question "Are we getting the right return on our investment? Are we actually creating healthy and safe communities?" That's a legitimate conversation and it requires a really critical evaluation. I applaud Eric Garcetti for doing what ... |
In 2020 Harris tweeted in support of donations to the [Minnesota Freedom Fund](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Freedom_Fund "Minnesota Freedom Fund"), a [bail fund](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bail_fund "Bail fund") assisting those arrested in the [George Floyd protests](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_F... |
President Biden and Vice President Harris delivered remarks at the Capitol on the anniversary of the [United States Capitol attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_United_States_Capitol_attack "2021 United States Capitol attack"), January 6, 2022. |
Harris's criminal justice record has been seen as mixed, with critics calling her "tough on crime" despite her calling herself a "progressive prosecutor", citing her reluctance to release prisoners and anti-truancy policies. In her 2009 book, Harris criticized liberals for what she called "biases against law enforcemen... |
## Kamala Harris' political views |
### Drugs |
Harris did not initially support [legalization of recreational cannabis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalization_of_non-medical_cannabis_in_the_United_States "Legalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States"), but later moved to support it.[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Kamal... |
In April 2018, after reports that the Justice Department was blocking the [Drug Enforcement Administration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_Enforcement_Administration "Drug Enforcement Administration") from taking action on over two dozen requests to grow cannabis for use in research, Harris and Senator [Orrin Hatch... |
In May 2018, Harris co-sponsored the [Marijuana Justice Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijuana_Justice_Act "Marijuana Justice Act") (originally introduced by Senator [Cory Booker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Booker "Cory Booker") in August 2017), which, if passed, would have legalized cannabis at the feder... |
Harris leads a roundtable discussion on cannabis policy reform at the White House in March 2024. |
In July 2019, Harris and Representative [Jerry Nadler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Nadler "Jerry Nadler") introduced the [Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MORE_Act "MORE Act"), which, like the 2018 bill, would have legalized cannabis on the federal lev... |
## Kamala Harris' political views |
### Education |
Harris has argued for treating "habitual and chronic [truancy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truancy "Truancy")" among children in elementary school as a crime committed by the parents of truant children. She argues that there is a direct connection between habitual truancy in elementary school and crime later in life.... |
Harris supports [busing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desegregation_busing "Desegregation busing") to desegregate public schools, saying, "the schools of America are as segregated, if not more segregated, today than when I was in elementary school."[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Kamala_H... |
Harris supports the creation of a government funding program to pay tuition and fees for students attending public colleges and universities for dependent students whose parents have income of $125,000 or less and independent students with incomes of $125,000 or less. The program would be funded by a 0.5% fee per stock... |
## Kamala Harris' political views |
### Election security |
On December 21, 2017, Harris was one of six senators to introduce the "Secure Elections Act", legislation authorizing [block grants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_grants "Block grants") for states that would update outdated voting technology. The bill would have also created a program for an independent panel of ... |
In March 2019, Harris told [Jimmy Kimmel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Kimmel "Jimmy Kimmel") that she was open to discussing abolishing the [Electoral College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College "United States Electoral College") given that there was "no question that the [popular vot... |
In May 2019, Harris co-sponsored the Protecting American Votes and Elections (PAVE) Act, legislation that would have granted the [United States Department of Homeland Security](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security "United States Department of Homeland Security") the authority "to ... |
## Kamala Harris' political views |
### Guns |
Harris has consistently supported gun control and has received an "F" rating from the pro-gun [NRA Political Victory Fund](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRA_Political_Victory_Fund "NRA Political Victory Fund").[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris#cite_note-54)[\[55\]](https://en.w... |
During her 2016 campaign for Senate, Harris was endorsed by the [Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady_Campaign_to_Prevent_Gun_Violence "Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence").[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris#cite_note-PanzarWillon-57) F... |
In November 2017, Harris co-sponsored the Military Domestic Violence Reporting Enhancement Act, a bill that would have established a charge of Domestic Violence under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and stipulated that convictions would have to be reported within three days to federal databases with the aut... |
In January 2019, Harris joined [Bernie Sanders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders "Bernie Sanders") and 38 other Senate Democrats in introducing the Background Check Expansion Act, a bill that would have required background checks for either the sale or transfer of all firearms, including unlicensed sellers.... |
In May 2019, Harris was one of ten Democratic senators to sign a letter to Facebook chairman and CEO [Mark Zuckerberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg "Mark Zuckerberg") about social media users being "able to facilitate firearm transactions by directing potential buyers to other methods of communication"... |
During a 2019 appearance on _[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_Starring_Jimmy_Fallon "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon")_, Harris explained her support for a mandatory buyback on [assault weapons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_weapons "Assault weapons"... |
On August 14, 2019, Harris unveiled a plan to address [domestic terrorism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_terrorism "Domestic terrorism") while prioritizing increasing the difficulty for suspects to obtain or keep firearms by forming domestic terrorism prevention orders meant to empower law enforcement officers... |
## Kamala Harris' political views |
### Immigration |
Vice President Harris looks on to President [Joe Biden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden "Joe Biden") during a meeting on [immigration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration "Immigration") in the [State Dining Room](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Dining_Room "State Dining Room") of the [White House](htt... |
As a senator, Harris was an outspoken critic of the [Trump administration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Donald_Trump "Presidency of Donald Trump")'s treatment of people, especially pregnant women, trying to immigrate to the U.S. or seeking asylum in the U.S. In April 2018, she was one of five senators to... |
Harris co-sponsored the Coronavirus Immigrant Families Protection Act, legislation that would have provided dedicated funding for the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centers_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention") in its efforts for pub... |
Harris, Senator [Dianne Feinstein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein "Dianne Feinstein"), and Representative [Juan Vargas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Vargas "Juan Vargas") sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General requesting an investigation into the way d... |
Harris has expressed support for the [DREAM Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DREAM_Act "DREAM Act")[\[73\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris#cite_note-73) and said that as president she would push for comprehensive immigration reform with an immigration plan that includes renewal and... |
## Kamala Harris' political views |
### Immigration |
In response to November 2019 [NBC News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_News "NBC News") reports that between 2012 and 2017 ICE had put thousands of immigrants in [solitary confinement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitary_confinement "Solitary confinement"), some of whom had not violated any detention center rules... |
[BTS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTS "BTS") met with Vice President Harris and Second Gentleman [Doug Emhoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Emhoff "Doug Emhoff") to discuss the importance of standing up against anti-Asian [hate crimes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crimes "Hate crimes") and [discrimination... |
Several senators including Harris signed a letter to U.S. Defense Secretary [James Mattis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mattis "James Mattis") about "the overt politicization of the military" with the Trump administration's deployment of 5,800 troops to the [U.S.–Mexico border](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.... |
In January 2019, Harris was one of 20 senators to sponsor the Dreamer Confidentiality Act, a bill that would have banned the [Department of Homeland Security](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Homeland_Security "Department of Homeland Security") (DHS) from passing information collected on DACA recipients to I... |
In June that year, after the [U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development "U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development")'s confirmed that DACA recipients did not meet eligibility for federal backed loans, Harris and 11 other senat... |
Harris and 15 other Senate Democrats introduced the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act, which would have mandated that ICE agents get approval from a supervisor before engaging in enforcement actions at sensitive locations except under special circumstances and that agents receive annual training in addition to being r... |
In August 2019, after the Trump administration released a new regulation imposing the possibility that any green card and visa applicants could be turned down if they had low incomes or little education or had used benefits such as [food stamps](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supplemental_Nutrition_Assistance_Program "S... |
In July 2018, the Trump administration falsely accused Harris of "supporting the animals of [MS-13](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-13 "MS-13")."[\[81\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris#cite_note-:7-81)[\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris#cite_n... |
On October 25, 2017, Harris said she would not support a spending bill until Congress addressed the [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deferred_Action_for_Childhood_Arrivals "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals") (DACA) program in a way that clarified "what we are going to do to p... |
In January 2018, Harris and three other Democratic senators co-sponsored the Border and Port Security Act, legislation that would have mandated that CBP "hire, train, and assign at least 500 officers per year until the number of needed positions the model identifies is filled" and required the CMP commissioner to deter... |
Vice President Harris reviews notes in the [West Wing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Wing "West Wing") of the [White House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House "White House"), April 2021. |
In 2006, as San Francisco's district attorney, Harris expressed support for the city's [sanctuary city](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_city "Sanctuary city") policy of not inquiring about immigration status in the process of a criminal investigation, saying it allowed people to come forward as witnesses to cri... |
## Kamala Harris' political views |
### Internet privacy and net neutrality |
In September 2017, Harris was one of nine senators to sign a letter to [Federal Communications Commission](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission "Federal Communications Commission") chairman [Ajit Pai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajit_Pai "Ajit Pai") that charged the FCC with failing "to pro... |
In March 2018, Harris was one of 10 senators to sign a letter spearheaded by [Jeff Merkley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Merkley "Jeff Merkley") lambasting Pai's proposal to curb the scope of benefits from the Lifeline program during a period when roughly 6.5 million people in poor communities relied on Lifeline ... |
## Kamala Harris' political views |
### LGBT rights |
As California Attorney General, Harris refused to defend [Prop 8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8 "2008 California Proposition 8") in federal court, and after Prop 8 was struck down in [Hollingsworth v. Perry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollingsworth_v._Perry "Hollingsworth v. Perry") in ... |
As a member of the U.S. Senate, Harris co-sponsored the [Equality Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equality_Act_/(United_States/) "Equality Act (United States)").[\[91\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris#cite_note-:10-91) |
In July 2018, Harris led her colleagues in introducing the Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2018, a nationwide bill that would curtail the effectiveness of the so-called [gay and trans panic defenses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_panic_defense "Gay panic defense"), an issue she pioneered as District ... |
Harris becomes the first sitting vice president to attend a [Pride Parade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_Parade "Pride Parade"), June 2021. |
In October 2019, Harris participated in a CNN/Human Rights Campaign town hall on LGBTQ rights and pledged her support for "all of the folks who are fighting for equality" in cases that would determine whether gay and transgender people are protected under laws banning federal workplace discrimination.[\[93\]](https://e... |
Harris has since been criticized for a 2015 federal court motion she filed to block gender-affirming medical care for a transgender inmate serving in a California state prison while she was California Attorney General, after the [Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appea... |
## Kamala Harris' political views |
### Sex workers |
As district attorney in 2008, Harris opposed Prop K, a San Francisco ballot measure to [decriminalize sex work](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decriminalizing_sex_work "Decriminalizing sex work"), calling it "completely ridiculous".[\[98\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris#cite_note-98)... |
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