Rep. Vasquez: 'Democrats are ready' to prioritize immigration enforcement, with reform

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), whose district includes 180 miles of the southern border, said Democrats are ready to commit to immigration enforcement as part of an agreement to provide a pathway to citizenship.

In an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” moderator Chris Stirewalt noted that Democrats ceded the upper hand on the issue because of the surge in immigration after COVID and the way it was handled.

“Are Democrats ready to embrace the enforcement side? Do you hear, when you talk to your fellow Democrats, there is a willingness and readiness to accept the enforcement side of the equation?” Stirewalt asked. “Democrats are ready,” Vasquez said, acknowledging the “complexities on both sides.”

“So yes, border security has to be the foundation of our plan moving forward, but you also can’t do that without immigration reform and without consideration for the American economy,” he continued. “The truth is, we need all of those things to work together in order for us to give the American people what they want, which is a fair and humane process, a secure border.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/rep-vasquez-democrats-ready-prioritize-165632973.html

[MorbidButterflyTat]

1. I seem to remember

there was a bipartisan immigration plan ready to go and the bastard felon and his MAGAts in Congress tanked it.

I am so sick of this "are Democrats ready"? crap.

It NEVER ends.

[markodochartaigh]

4. Here are some links

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-kill-border-bill-sign-trumps-strength-mcconnells-waning-in-rcna137477

[W_HAMILTON]

5. Yeah, what a crock of shit that is.

Republicans have always been the ones to stand in the way of true comprehensive immigration reform -- NOT Democrats.

In addition to Trump and his MAGAts tanking the most recent effort at comprehensive immigration reform, let us not forget that a comprehensive immigration bill passed the Senate with *68 votes* back in 2013 in the Democratic-controlled Senate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Security,_Economic_Opportunity,_and_Immigration_Modernization_Act_of_2013), only for it to die in the Republican-controlled House.

[dalton99a]

2. Biden should have kept the borders closed the way Trump had it.

Same with asylum claims and deportations. (Face it, most asylum claims are bogus and economically motivated)

Loosening immigration controls is what gave us Trump 2.0

[markodochartaigh]

3. We've traded

a perceived lack of border security for insecurity within our borders.

[MichMan]

6. Should have passed it in 2021/22 when we had control of congress