A Republican running for Congress in North Carolina has previously compared the deportation of undocumented immigrants to Nazi Germany and called for speedy granting of citizenship to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, also known as “Dreamers.” “I'm not against it,'' he said.
Pat Harrigan, who is running to represent North Carolina's 10th Congressional District, commented in an October 2022 newspaper: WFAE 90.7 interviewa public radio station serving the Charlotte area, is also a congressional candidate in another district ahead of the midterm elections.
“There has to be a path to citizenship. From my perspective, I see countries that have rounded up people from their countries and sent them abroad. This is a list of countries that we don't want to be associated with. It's Russia.'' It's North Korea, it's China, it's Nazi Germany,'' he said when asked about a “path to citizenship'' for individuals who are in the United States illegally.
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Republican North Carolina Congressional Candidate Pat Harrigan. (Pat Halligan, Getty Images)
“This horse left the stable over this, and the vast majority of immigrants who came to this country came here trying to build a better life for themselves and their families,” he said.
The interviewer then asked Harrigan about “Dreamers,” people brought to the United States as children of illegal immigrants, and whether there should be a process to help them gain citizenship more quickly.
“I think we need to look at exactly how we do that, but I'm not against it. I think it's very important to get the southern border under control and first get the immigration system under control before that.” “I think it's important to broadly allow all types of assimilation programs. It's very important that we do that one-two step,” he replied.
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The topic of immigration came up when Harrigan was asked about former President Donald Trump and whether he should run for the White House again in 2024.
Activists rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Harrigan dodged the question, saying he was “laser focused” on the midterm elections, which he later lost. But the interviewer pressed Trump, pointing out that while he expressed disapproval of Trump's “personal actions,” he agreed with certain policy points.
“I certainly share President Trump's views, at least some of his views, regarding our country's southern border. Our southern border is a very real and present danger to the national security of this country. I absolutely believe that,” he said, citing personal statistics.Suspected terrorist attack in the United States
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Harrigan said he “absolutely” believes we need to secure the border, but added that he disagrees with Trump on labor issues.
“There's a massive labor crisis going on in this country right now, and frankly we're squandering the best opportunity we've had in the last 50 years to revive and regrow American manufacturing capacity, domestic manufacturing. “We have to get enough immigrants into this country,” he said.
More than 1,000 immigrants are waiting to enter the United States from Juarez, Mexico. (FOX News Digital/John Michael Raasch)
“I'm very pro-immigration,” he added.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Harrigan said, “The use of the letter of opposition by establishment politicians to attack a decorated military veteran is a demonstration of his commitment to America First policies. He said that it exposed the people's “fear” about the
“I understand the true price of freedom and the need for strong national security. My position is clear: Before we consider a path to citizenship, we must first secure our borders and complete the wall.” “We should reinstate President Trump's border policies, deport illegal aliens who break the law,” he said.
He added: “I will fight to fix the border crisis caused by Biden and radical Democrats, support President Trump's policies, and push for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas for his failure to protect our country.” .
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The Harrigan campaign also pointed out the following on Fox News Digital: Advertisement it put out Address the border crisis.
North Carolina's 10th Congressional District is currently represented by Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry, who temporarily served as speaker pro tempore after former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted in October. was serving. The district is a deep red district that is considered a safe seat for Republicans.
McHenry announced in December that he would not seek re-election.
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