Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) believes the solution to the border crisis is to open the floodgates by passing the Senate's pro-immigration border bill, he said Tuesday night with Republican Dave McCormick. I mentioned it at the discussion session.
Casey and McCormick spent several minutes in a heated debate over immigration and border security, but instead of discussing policy, Casey and one of the moderators spent their time mocking Republicans for their alleged anti-immigrant rhetoric. spent.
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Mr. McCormick's number of votes soared over the summer, and now that early voting has begun in the commonwealth, the race is deadlocked with Mr. McCormick in the lead.
Mr. Casey touted the failed Senate bill, hinting that its passage would be a symbol of goodwill that would enable future reforms.
“The worst thing we can do is for politicians to spend their time demonizing immigrants,” he said, adding, “The beginning of solving this problem is passing this bipartisan bill.” Ta.
The bipartisan bill was authored by Republican Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and a number of Democratic senators, along with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). It was part of a plan orchestrated by Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell. -Kentucky) provides senators with guaranteed votes for tens of billions of dollars in Ukraine aid.
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In January, leaks of the bill's contents killed the bill within hours, with senators from both parties ultimately voting against it. These leaks were later proven to be accurate, and even though the bill's sponsors characterized it as a border security bill, it was released into the United States while raising legal immigration levels. It has been revealed that it will speed up work permits for immigrants.
Most notoriously, the bill allowed tens of thousands of immigrants to cross the border each week before the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could implement any kind of border controls.
McCormick attacked Casey and the bill's supporters for gaslighting Americans. “The proposed border bill was an amnesty bill,” he said.
Mr. Casey countered that passing the pro-immigration bill would “restore confidence to initiate other reforms” at a later date, a difficult task in a Congress that has been gridlocked on the issue for decades. .
While the three-term Democratic lawmaker touted the pro-immigration bill's funding for hiring Border Patrol agents as evidence that the bill is a “tough” border security bill, many Republicans They say they need to hire more people without making any changes to the Biden-Harris administration's open borders. This policy would simply speed up the processing and release of immigrants into the United States.
McCormick challenged the idea that he is anti-immigrant because he wants a secure border.
“I'm definitely a supporter of legal immigration because I'm married to an immigrant,” McCormick said. “We are a nation of immigrants. We are also a nation of laws.”
“Let's go,” he suggested.[ing] After the cartel with the military. We need to disrupt and treat them as a terrorist threat. ”
Mr. McCormick also accused Mr. Casey of contradicting his own record by painting a grim picture of conditions at the border during the election season.
“Senator Casey just did a commercial where he was standing in front of a wall, the very wall that he was mocking when President Trump took office, saying we didn't need a wall,” he said. “It's completely disrespectful for an active politician.”
McCormick added that Casey “voted against the border wall.” He voted for sanctuary cities. They've failed to secure our borders, so they're trying to change the conversation. ”
Bradley Jay is Breitbart News' Capitol Hill correspondent. Follow him on X/Twitter. @BradleyAJay.
