Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said Wednesday that Democrats’ push for a path to citizenship through border legislation betrays the people they “value most” in this country: “undocumented Americans.” He said there was.
MSNBC host Chris Hayes asked Murphy about the border security bill, saying Democrats are using Ukraine funds instead of pushing for a path to citizenship in border bill negotiations, as they have done in the past. Ta.
“Well, I mean, Chris, it’s a strategy that’s been failing for 20 years. I mean, you’re right that it’s been a Democratic strategy for probably 30 years, but it’s a strategy that’s been failing the people we care about most, undocumented people. You’re right that it hasn’t been able to make an impact on people, “Americans in this country,” Murphy said.
“This is not 2013, when we last performed this play. Back then, hundreds of people showed up every day to apply for asylum. Now, some days we get 8,000 people. And the reality is that the vast majority of them are applying for asylum.”The people of this country don’t think that’s right or sustainable, and they want to change the reality at the border,” the Democratic senator said. added.
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes discussed the border security bill Wednesday with Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy. (Screenshot/MSNBC)
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Murphy said there is a temptation among Democrats to follow the same-as-usual strategy, but since that strategy isn’t working, he said Democrats have a responsibility to adapt to what the country wants. added.
“This bill still contains things that are very important for immigrant rights, including representation rights, early work permits, and the largest visa expansion in 30 years. This is not a path to citizenship. “But it’s substantive for people to actually care about immigrants,” he continued.
He said none of that matters because Republicans are “allergic” to passing border legislation.
Mr. Hayes asked Mr. Murphy if he was “proud” of the bill they introduced and whether he believed it would improve the situation at the southern border.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) walks through the Senate subway to vote on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol on November 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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“I think you’re all seeing right now around the world the immigration crisis overthrowing governments on the left and the centre-left. If we don’t bring some order to the border, I think we’re in a situation where if we don’t bring order, if we don’t make a big down payment on refugee reform, it’s very difficult to maintain the consensus in this country that legal immigration channels should continue. It’s going to be difficult,” Murphy said during a media appearance.
“Therefore, I believe that now is the moment when we must show significant bipartisan momentum and progress on the border issue, or else we must provide relief to undocumented Americans who desperately need help.” You’ll never have the ability to try,” he added.
Senate Republicans criticized the bill, saying it would not solve the border crisis.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) posted on social media on Monday: “I have reviewed the bill. I do not believe it will solve the border crisis and may make it worse. I oppose it.” “This bill would give Mayorkas, for the first time, the right to grant asylum claims (and, by extension, U.S. citizenship) to illegal aliens at the border without review by an immigration court, which would be a major path to amnesty. Let’s go.”
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said he doesn’t think the border security bill will “solve the border crisis.” (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
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Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) called the bill “another Ukraine aid package with Biden’s weak response to the border crisis.”
“I vote ‘no,’” he wrote to X.
FOX News’ Jamie Joesph contributed to this report.
