DNC speakers to address immigration tonight as party embraces tougher border measures

A cadre of speakers at the Democratic National Convention are slated to address immigration policy and border security on Wednesday, Harris campaign officials told CBS News, in an attempt to redefine what has been widely viewed as a major political vulnerability for Democrats and Vice President Kamala Harris in this campaign cycle.

The speakers, who include Democratic lawmakers who have focused on immigration policy and the sheriff of a Texas county near the U.S.-Mexico border, are expected to embrace a bipartisan border security deal forged earlier this year that would enact significant restrictions on asylum and fund the hiring of thousands of additional Border Patrol agents and immigration officers.

They are planning to accuse former President Donald Trump of playing political games on immigration by urging Republican lawmakers to reject the border policy compromise, which collapsed in Congress without sufficient GOP support. At the same time, the speakers are expected to paint Trump as anti-immigrant, highlighting his most controversial campaign pledges, which include a promise to deport millions of unauthorized immigrants as part of a massive deportation operation.