Illegal immigration to the United States

Hinojosa criticizes Biden for avoiding the border issue until it became unmanageable.

“there is no question that Biden avoided the issue and did not deal with it until it was out of control”

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Hinojosa argues current enforcement makes Texans less safe, citing unprosecutable child abuse cases in Harris County.

“the district attorney in Harris County will say he has child sex abuse cases that he cannot prosecute because the witnesses have been detained or deported”

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Bovino claimed there are about 100 million illegal immigrants in the United States, citing commuter and school absence data from Charlotte.

“So 100 million, absolutely. I stand by it”

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Bovino said the administration has adopted a softer approach and predicted it will lead to Americans being killed by illegal immigrants.

“As sure as the sun rises today, Megan, American citizens are going to die at the hands of illegal aliens”

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Ryan argues the U.S. should admit one to two million highly skilled immigrants while not allowing unlimited border crossings.

“And we shouldn't take 100 million of them, but we should take a million of them. Two million of them”

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Yglesias says he is personally left on immigration but that polling shows Democrats must reassure voters on asylum and borders.

“Now, this is not where like I am at personally. I'm like quite left on immigration, but I can see the numbers here”

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Carlson relays a Midwestern industrial employer's claim that factories cannot find enough English-speaking workers and a competitor is going out of business over labor shortages.

“there just aren't enough english speakers in the united states to staff a factory”

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Vance argues that restricting immigration increases workers' bargaining power over wages.

“You actually give workers more power when you have a more restricted immigration policy”

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Rowe says immigrant workers are needed but the difference between documented and undocumented cannot be ignored.

“if we can find a path and if we can make it fair, we need the workers. But it's a very different documented versus undocumented”

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Ryan says construction in the Nashville area halted for two weeks when ICE arrived, showing dependence on undocumented labor.

“It was the whole fucking county shut down for two weeks because when Tom rolled into Nashville, so did Ice”

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Mason proposes a Reagan-style amnesty program with pathways to citizenship while removing those who commit crimes.

“I think that we should make an amnesty program similar to Ronald Reagan, Republican president”

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Frisella claims Democrats deliberately coordinated mass immigration to gain voters.

“I absolutely 100% believe that it was a coordinated plan by Democrats, by Democrats, to flood the country with potential voters”

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Ahmari argues business favors undocumented migrants because they depress native-born workers' wages.

“The reason big business loves undocumented migrants is because they put downward pressure on the wages of native born workers”

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Davis argues that the California and national Democratic parties depend on illegal immigration as their foundation.

“She fits in perfectly with the California Democrat Party because they understand, as the National Democrat Party does, that their foundation is illegal immigration”

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