Posted on 03/01/2021 8:03:22 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
A Democratic lawmaker has joined the chorus of Republicans upset with President Joe Biden’s immigration policies, saying his Texas district would be severely affected.
“We’re in the middle of a pandemic, but for thousands of people to be reaching our border in the middle of a pandemic in a disorderly fashion would be catastrophic to my district,” Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas) said on March 1 during an appearance on CNN, as border arrivals have spiked after dropping precipitously during the Trump administration.
“I have lost over 3,000 citizens to COVID in my southern border district. I still have over 1,000 Border Patrol officers, 500 Customs agents, and a lot of front-line workers who still haven’t been vaccinated who are dealing with this population when they’re coming. We need to have a humane, compassionate way for people to ask for asylum in their home countries or their neighboring countries.
“And if they get the document, they can get on a plane for $400 and fly in. I think this policy forces them to make a 2,000-mile walk that is very dangerous, and they’re getting raped and pillaged along the way.”
Gonzalez was responding to a question about the Biden administration choosing not to expel unaccompanied minors that reach the border, in contrast to the Trump administration’s stance. He said he hopes there will be a policy in place to properly address asylum-seekers, who were made to wait in Mexico as their claims were processed during the Trump era, but are now being allowed to wait in the United States for their claims to be adjudicated.
Gonzalez has been advocating for a policy that would enable asylum-seekers to file claims at embassies or consulates in their home county.
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He’s a RAT? Uh, ok.
Someone untie the other half of his brain behind his back. POTATUS really does need it.
Maybe Biden's jealous Andrew Cuomo killing thousands of old people... so he's going to kill more in Texas.
Lawsuits? Civil rights of all citizens in RGV and Laredo and Del Rio Texas by covid carriers, crime committing illegals, Texan tax dollars used on illegal aliens.
Where are all these R AG’s.
The Mexicans don’t like the Central Americans coming in and taking their jobs.
Since Fauci opined on so much that Trump was doing why doesn’t he opine on this?
I guess they have to keep up the charade for a little while longer by saying this is Biden’s policy. When it all blows up and they drop the 25th Amendment on him, they can hang it around his neck on his way out the door.
I’ll be glad to be proven wrong, but ...
I got a feeling that Representative Gonzalez was only too happy to bash “Orange Man Bad” during his term in office despite the fact the a sharp reduction in illegal border crossers was a net benefit for his district. Perhaps not at first but later, as he noted, when considering the impact that COVID-19 has had on the Hispanic community.
DOPE! EMBRACE THE SUCK!
Then the messycans shouldn’t have voted for creepy joe and crazy ho.
Gonzalez has been advocating for a policy that would enable asylum-seekers to file claims at embassies or consulates in their home county.
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