PBS NewsHour | Walz on danger of demonizing immigrants | CBS Vice Presidential Debate @PBSNewsHour | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said on Tuesday that false stories about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, that have been amplified by former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance have vilified legal immigrants. Walz also blamed Trump for divisions over immigration reform.

“I believe Sen. Vance wants to solve [the problems of immigration], but by standing with Donald Trump and not working together to find a solution, it becomes a talking point, and when it becomes a talking point like this, we dehumanize and villainize other human beings,” Walz said during the vice presidential debate.

The comments came during the CBS News Vice Presidential Debate, the only debate between the two vice-presidential nominees before the 2024 election.

This video was produced by Casey Kuhn, Erica Hendry, Dan Cooney, Hannah Grabenstein and Molly Finnegan.

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