On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” CNN senior political commentator and former Obama aide Van Jones and columnist and author Ann Coulter discussed the failed Senate border bill and the U.S. immigration system. .
After host Bill Maher claimed that Democrats had pushed the immigration issue onto Republicans, Jones said, “We now know that there is a conspiracy to keep the border open and flood the country with illegal aliens. “That’s led by President Donald Trump and President Trump.” Republicans because the borders are open over there. They had a chance to close it. ” Jones then said, “Now it’s open borders for Republicans.”
Coulter countered that the Senate bill is a bad bill and that Democrats don’t really care about the issue, arguing that Biden has the authority to act but that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) He cited President Joe Biden’s response to the razor wire installations. now.
Maher acknowledged that Biden could do some things through presidential action, but not much else, and argued that the bill was at least a step in the right direction, if not everything Coulter had hoped. . Later in the segment, Jones argued that the Refugee Act was passed by Congress and needed parliamentary amendments.
The discussion then turned to immigration and immigration in general, with Maher and Jones discussing how good immigration is for the United States under the current system.
In response, Coulter said the claim that increased immigration helps the economy is misleading, saying that increased immigration only boosts GDP by the fact that there are more people in the country, and that it doesn’t actually help anyone. He said that it would not be possible.
Jones said the U.S. is able to outperform other countries because talented people from other countries come to the U.S., pointing to the gains from past waves of immigration. Mr Coulter responded that the situation was different because welfare had increased since then.
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