Former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) criticized Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) for claiming the Senate immigration bill would secure the U.S. southern border during Monday's second Senate debate. did.
“We must do more” to secure the border, Slotkin said, referring to the Senate bill that Democrats called “bipartisan” and that there was “agreement on the table” to do so. .
However, the border bill that failed in the Senate is actually an immigration bill that would have allowed up to 5,000 border encounters per day for seven days before a border emergency is instituted.
“That bill that my opponent was talking about was a terrible bill and it was defeated on a bipartisan basis,” Rogers said. “Two million illegal immigrants are guaranteed to cross the border every year. That's nonsense. That's a non-starter.”
“When you look at all the things they say, 'Well, we want to work on it. We're going to write a bill. 'We're going to send a letter, but none of that has worked,'” Rogers added. , suggested that Mr. Slotkin did not understand the seriousness of the border crisis.
“If you've ever talked to the mothers and families of people whose children have been raped by illegal immigrants in this country, you know how serious this problem is and that you can't solve it by just obscuring your position.” he stated. Said.
Rogers also called for reinstatement of the Trump administration's Remain in Mexico policy, which was abandoned by the Biden administration.
