Kamala Harris' Heartfelt Answer Focuses On Major Issue With U.S. Immigration System

"There are real people who are suffering because of an inability to put solutions in front of politics," the vice president said during a Univision town hall.

Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday called out the U.S. immigration system as “broken,” attributing the lack of progress on the issue to “an inability to put solutions in front of politics” that has resulted in the suffering of undocumented immigrants living in the country for years.

In a town hall hosted by Univision, the Democratic presidential nominee took questions from the audience, which consisted of Hispanic voters who are undecided on whom to vote for in next month’s election.

“You and I have something in common,” Ivett Castillo, a 40-year-old U.S. citizen born to Mexican parents in Los Angeles, told Harris. “We both lost our mother.”

Castillo said her mother died six weeks ago, noting that she was unable to access the health care she needed due to her lack of legal status in the country, and asked Harris how she plans to address the issues facing undocumented immigrants living “in the shadows.”

Harris expressed sorrow for Castillo’s loss and called out the country’s “broken immigration system” as part of the reason why Castillo’s mother’s was unable to become an American citizen despite living in the U.S. for years.