Valeria Torres

Security approves of Kamala Harris.

Students at Morton East have mixed feelings about Kamala Harris – but, for the most part, she has their votes.

The majority of students in one class support Kamala Harris’s immigration laws. Few students (only one) want children separated from their families and detained by the government. But, in another class, the students mostly feel that it’s not fair to provide incoming new arrivals with benefits when we have so many homeless here in the United States.

“I think from an education perspective, it’s really interesting to see a female running for office, especially given the current climate where Donald Trump has already won an election and now we’re taking Kamala Harris to run instead of President Joe Biden, so that is very exciting to see. I think she has a younger perspective than Donald Trump, and I think a lot of our young students are interested in Kamala Harris, which is cool to see as a teacher,” civics teacher Ms. Samantha Gutheim said.

Civics classes at Morton East High School showed the debate in the Chodl Auditorium the day after it aired.

“I feel like I would feel good because I watched the debate in civics and she gave more information about what she would do if she won,” senior Andrea Barajas said.

Another student agrees with Andrea Barajas.

“I would vote for Kamala because she will be the first woman president and I think it’s about time for a woman to run as president,” senior America Mendoza said.

A student’s mom also agrees with America and Andrea.

“Yo pienso que deberían de votar por Kamala porque tengo muchos familiares que no tienen papeles y pienso que todos deben tener la oportunidad de arreglar papeles,” Guadalupe Gonzales said.

Another student thinks differently.

“I would not vote for Kamala because I think it should stay as a tradition to be all men, and it would be a sudden change to the United States,” senior Merelin Romero said.