‘You’ve got a backbone’: Vivek Ramaswamy asks Kamala Harris to apologize to victims of migrant killings

CHICAGO — Vivek Ramaswamy blasted Vice President Kamala Harris’ record on illegal immigration on the final day of the Democratic National Convention, calling on her to apologize to family members of victims of migrant-related crimes.

Speaking at a press conference on behalf of the Trump campaign, Ramaswamy tore into the Biden-Harris administration’s record on the border, specifically pointing out the killing of American citizens by illegal aliens.

The former Republican presidential candidate challenged Harris to “have a spine and apologize to the members of the Laken Riley family” and the families of other American citizens who have been killed by illegal aliens when she delivers her acceptance speech Thursday night .

“And more importantly, tell the rest of us what policies you will actually adopt to make sure that this never happens again in this country,” Ramaswamy continued.

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Ramaswamy’s comments come as former President Donald Trump prepares to visit Arizona’s southern border. State law enforcement is currently conducting a manhunt for a suspect who threatened to kill Trump during his trip.

During Thursday’s press conference, Ramaswamy also discussed the Biden-Harris administration’s decision to end DNA testing at the southern border, which has been used under Trump to ensure that children brought to the border are not being smuggled by human traffickers or cartel members.

“If you really cared about family reunification, you would at least have genetic testing, using the toolkit of modern science,” Ramaswamy said. “However, the truth is that the cartels, many of which are responsible for human trafficking and child trafficking in the country, do not want this reunification.”

“Our own policy regime in this country, promoted by the Democrats, favors exactly what the cartel business model requires, which allows those children to be trafficked rather than reunited,” Ramaswamy told The Daily Wire.

As the Biden administration’s “border czar,” Harris oversaw 10 million border crossings, including an estimated 1.7 million “runaway” illegal immigrants. She suggested dismantling the Immigration and Customs Enforcement system.