Flashback: Harris fumed at Americans for saying 'Merry Christmas' before illegal migrants got protections
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Then-Sen. Kamala Harris in 2017 said "How dare we speak Merry Christmas" amid an ongoing battle over a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
Speakers pushed for the passage of the Dream Act, which would grant a pathway to citizenship for some illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as minors, NBC News reported. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
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Harris made the remarks in December 2017 at a press conference after then-President Trump had announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which shielded some illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as minors from deportation. Harris said it was "morally wrong" to take away the existing protections for those protected by the Obama-era executive order.