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Kamala Harris appeals to Latino voters at Las Vegas town hall

Democratic 2020 presidential candidate and US Senator Kamala Harris bows to the crowd after speaking at the UnidosUS Annual Conference, in San Diego, California, US, August 5, 2019 [Mike Blake/Reuters]

US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has underscored her restrictive approach to immigration in a town hall with undecided Latino voters, a testament to her embrace of hawkish border policies as she comes under attack from the right on immigration.

Seeking to strike a balance between a tough approach and empathy towards immigrants, Harris chastised rival Donald Trump for telling Republican lawmakers not to back a bill supported by the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden that would roll back access to asylum and pour more resources into border militarisation.

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