Fact check: Kamala Harris’s interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier

Harris answered questions on immigration, Trump, policies that Tim Walz signed for immigrants, and her economic agenda.

In a frequently contentious, sometimes testy exchange, Vice President Kamala Harris went on Fox News and fielded anchor Bret Baier’s questions on immigration, the economy and her policy differences with her Republican challenger, former President Donald Trump, as well as her boss, President Joe Biden.

Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, did the interview, her first-ever on Fox, on October 16 as part of her home-stretch election interview blitz.

Baier asked Harris how many migrants had been released into the country under the Biden-Harris administration, how she would reduce the count and why some of her stances had shifted since her 2019 presidential campaign. He asked Harris whether immigrants illegally in the US should qualify for driver’s licences, free tuition or healthcare, saying her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, had approved laws that did this.

Harris, meanwhile, called Trump unfit to serve, and said many of his former advisers had said the same. She also said his plans would weaken the economy, but hers would strengthen it.

Harris also pointedly said her path would differ from Biden’s. “My presidency will not be a continuation of Joe Biden’s presidency,” she stated. “And like every new president that comes into office, I will bring my life experiences, my professional experiences, and fresh and new ideas.”