Harris’s New Communications Director Apologizes for Urging Deportation of Illegal Immigrants

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2022. Greg Nash/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

The man tapped as Vice President Kamala Harris’s new communications director apologized on Jan. 7 for urging immigration officers in 2010 to deport illegal immigrants.

Jamal Simmons wrote on Twitter at the time that he saw two “undocumented folks talking on MSNBC. One Law student the other a protester.”