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I was born in Romania, waited years for a US visa, went through a long process to become a citizen, and voted for the first time in 2016. Now, I feel betrayed by the Democrats.

The speaker asserts there is a historic immigration crisis because Kamala Harris initiated policies to undo Donald Trump's border policies, including 94 executive orders suspending deportations and decriminalizing illegal aliens. This allegedly increased asylum fraud and opened the floodgates, leading to increased fentanyl entering the country. The speaker connects this to personal experience with a mother who struggled with opioid addiction and emphasizes the need to stop the bleeding to prevent depriving others of a second chance due to fentanyl entering communities at record levels because of Harris' policies.

This past weekend, I met with farm workers affected by mass deportations. Many women shared heartbreaking stories of their husbands being taken during traffic stops and deported without understanding the forms they signed, leaving families shattered. I spoke to two 11-year-old boys, one who had spoken to his father in Mexico and was heartbroken, and another who hadn’t yet communicated with his dad and was in tears. These workers, who have toiled for decades, often without any criminal records, are now living in fear. This situation not only devastates families but also impacts farmers and food prices. Mass deportations mean real suffering—families are torn apart, and children are left without their parents. It’s a tragic reality.

The speaker doubts the Democratic convention will win new voters, believing it caters to their base instead of recruiting new people. The speaker feels the Democratic party isn't interested in addressing important issues such as public safety, border security, and the handling of undocumented individuals. The speaker claims that 8,000,000 undocumented individuals were allowed in under Kamala Harris's leadership.

Speaker contends that current policy endangers public safety and that enforcement priorities are misaligned. The remarks center on immigration enforcement and its perceived consequences for communities. The speaker asserts: 'What ICE is doing is not making us safe.' They add: 'The Trump administration is treating immigrants generally, undocumented immigrants specifically as criminals.' They conclude with: 'But I remind people, being an undocumented immigrant is not a crime.' The statements underscore a distinction between immigration status and criminality, and frame immigration policy as a safety issue rather than a question of criminality. Overall, the message challenges conflating undocumented status with criminal intent and calls for a reevaluation of enforcement approaches.

I'm here to address the recent attacks Donald Trump made against my community, Aurora, Colorado. His statements about migrants and refugees are based on lies and fear mongering, which aim to divide us. Public safety is a priority, and I collaborate closely with local law enforcement and community leaders to ensure our community's safety. Trump's claims of a "takeover" by immigrants and refugees are simply untrue. His words are distortions designed to create division, and I will always stand against such divisive rhetoric.

As a legal immigrant, the speaker expresses frustration with Democrats for supposedly weaponizing diversity. The speaker asserts the U.S. does not need people who will support the ideologies that ruined their home countries. The speaker left their country because people kept voting for a party promising handouts. Legal immigrants supposedly want closed borders to prevent the same problems from arising in the U.S. Many immigrants run away from bad countries, then support the same ideologies in the U.S., expecting government assistance. The speaker claims legal immigrants oppose open borders and illegal immigration not out of selfishness, but because they know what happens when those types of people are the majority. It is frustrating to see America turning into what they ran away from after sacrificing to make America home.

We need comprehensive immigration reform because there is currently no path to citizenship for the 11 to 12 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. It's irresponsible not to have a plan for these individuals. Although there have been bipartisan agreements, the current administration refuses to sign them. The president has created a false narrative about a border crisis, using it to justify his focus on building a wall, which has stalled government operations and affected workers.

In 2019, the US faced divisive rhetoric about immigrants, leading to events like Charlottesville. Immigration and crime should not be equated as data shows no connection. As a local government official for 18 years, I've seen 4 presidencies and many congresses fail to agree on immigration policy's impact on communities.

An entire native population, regardless of race, is being systematically disenfranchised. Middle-class Americans are losing both economic and political power, exacerbated by mass immigration. The leaders responsible for these changes show no empathy for those affected, often blaming the country for its struggles. This cycle of harm leads to resentment towards the very people they hurt. Acknowledging this reality is essential, and it will continue to be voiced openly.

The speaker states that an historic flood of undocumented immigrants crossed the border during the first three years of the administration, with arrivals quadrupling from the last year of President Trump. The speaker asks if it was a mistake to loosen immigration policies. The other speaker responds that the policies proposed are about fixing a problem, not promoting one. The first speaker reiterates that the numbers quadrupled. The other speaker claims that they have cut the flow of illegal immigration by half, as well as the flow of fentanyl by half, but that Congress needs to act to fix the problem.

I tried listening to various political podcasts, but I'm frustrated with the narrative that Democrats need better messaging to appeal to the working class. The reality is stark: in many rural towns, there’s a deep-seated misogyny and racism. Women are often belittled, and there's a pervasive belief that people of color threaten jobs. Additionally, many people are simply uninformed, with alarming illiteracy rates. This ignorance is compounded by media narratives that fail to correct misconceptions, allowing false beliefs to persist. The situation reflects a troubling reality: a significant portion of the population is angry, misinformed, and resistant to change, which has contributed to the rise of figures like Trump.

During Trump's presidency, illegal aliens were deported, the border wall was built, and mass amnesty was not granted. Better leadership is needed to prevent criminals from entering our communities. Opening the southern border to criminals, allowing them to commit crimes, and then refusing to deport them, as Kamala Harris has done, is unacceptable.

They're voting based on racial animus, not economics. Trump killed the immigration bill to fuel fear of brown people. Immigration was a top issue in Virginia, influenced by Trump's fear-mongering. Borders become a focus during elections, used as boogeymen by politicians to distract from real issues like the deficit. Democrats blame incumbents for border problems, while Republicans shift focus once in power.

Many Americans are unaware of the dangers posed by illegal immigrants. A survivor of sex trafficking shares a harrowing experience of being abused by a cartel member. Despite fearing for her family's safety, she was too afraid to seek help. She emphasizes that children are at risk in Biden's America and supports Donald Trump due to her traumatic experiences with illegal immigrants.

This past weekend, I met with farm workers affected by mass deportations. Many women shared heartbreaking stories of their husbands being taken during traffic stops and deported without understanding what they signed. I spoke to two 11-year-old boys, one who had spoken to his father in Mexico and was heartbroken, and another who hadn’t been able to reach his dad and was in tears. These families, who have worked tirelessly in the fields for years, often without any criminal records, are now torn apart. This situation not only devastates families but also impacts farmers and food prices. Mass deportations mean real suffering—children without parents and wives without husbands. It’s a tragic reality.

There are people pretending to request asylum in our country, but instead they are smoking weed and doing drugs without any regard for our laws. This is happening because the Democrats invited them in and our cities are being overrun. We have taken God and the rule of law out of our country, resulting in crime, drugs, an invasion on our southern border, and the destruction of America. This is all by design from the left who hate our country. It's up to American citizens to take action and stop it.

Immigration is an issue with working-class voters because of the lack of progress we've made. Republicans weaponize this lack of progress. Last year, there was a bipartisan bill that the Republican majority in the Senate and the House were willing to pass, and President Biden was willing to work with them on it, but Donald Trump told them not to solve the problem. Republicans do not want to solve any issues with immigration. They are completely uninterested in addressing undocumented people or a path to citizenship. Republicans authorized the complete gutting of due process. They understand that they don't even have the infrastructure to deport people, so they are creating private prison camp pipelines.

Speaker 0 asks: “Can you talk about the number of missing children… Yeah. You guys have discovered in Memphis? That's amazing.” Speaker 1 responds: “Well, it's hundreds of thousands were lost through Biden and the Biden administration, and we are getting a lot of them back. But they're either dead, they're slaves, they're captured in some form. But think of it, hundreds of thousands we're talking about. Not even believable. And they came in through the border, they were sold, They were bargained for. And this was all Biden. Meaning Biden and Obama, the same, you know, the same mentality, frankly. I think it's the same mentality. Let me tell you, Barack Hussein Obama was a lousy president. A lot of bad things happened. Remember when they used to talk about Trump with the jail cells? Well, he built the jail cells for the children. He built those jail cells. Remember that came out? But sure, they were built in 2014. You remember when that came out after me going through that stuff for about two weeks, and then they found out it was Barack Obama that built those jail cells. No. These people are they were bad leaders. I hope I hope we don't have it again. I hope we don't have it again because, you know, our country has come back a long way, but it can only withstand so much, and we don't wanna ever go through that again. We never wanna have open borders again. We don't wanna have we don't wanna have men playing women's sports. We don't wanna have transgender for everybody. We don't want that. We wanna have a great country with low interest rates, nice housing, great education, a strong military. The basics. Yes, please.”

Look at that chart showing the lowest point of illegal immigration when I left office, indicated by the big red arrow. That represents the lowest recorded levels of illegal immigration in history. After that, the situation changed drastically under the current administration, leading to a significant increase in illegal immigration. It's alarming to see the current numbers, which are at an all-time high. The situation at the border has deteriorated, and it's disheartening to witness the impact on families and children.

Many people who support Trump are not necessarily racist or sexist, but are struggling with low wages, healthcare, education, and housing costs. They feel ignored by the government and are drawn to populist leaders like Trump who promise to prioritize their needs. To counter this, we need a government that supports working families and stands up to powerful interests.

There's a clear legal path to get one guy back, but what about all the other people? People are upset about illegal immigration, but who cleans hotel rooms, provides food, washes dishes, and does gardening? Immigrants are here through grit and will to give their families a better chance. White men in America are 45 times more likely to commit a violent crime than an immigrant. The media says to appeal to white voters, but Joe Biden, an 81-year-old Catholic from Scranton, got 81,000,000 votes by challenging Trumpian sentiments and showing empathy for transgender people and immigrants. If president, the speaker would call the president of El Salvador and demand they send people back or face invasion, because what they're doing is a crime.

An interviewer states that undocumented immigrant arrivals quadrupled during the first three years of the speaker's administration compared to the last year of President Trump's term and asks if loosening immigration policies was a mistake. The speaker responds that the problem is long-standing and that solutions have been offered since day one. The interviewer asks again if allowing the increase was a mistake. The speaker says the proposed policies are about fixing, not promoting, the problem. The interviewer reiterates that the numbers quadrupled. The speaker claims that due to their actions, they have cut the flow of illegal immigration and fentanyl by half, but congressional action is needed to fix the problem.

Illegal immigrants and their families should blame the Democratic Party for their situation. The Democratic Party allowed them to enter the country illegally and used them as political pawns. They provided access to resources meant for citizens and created a false sense of hope that entering the country illegally was acceptable. The Democratic Party is responsible for the crisis, family separations, and deportations that illegal immigrants are now facing. These immigrants should not blame Trump, who is trying to enforce the law and rectify the border crisis.

Why don’t we just clean up the border? Biden has the power to do that, but the asylum backlog is overwhelming due to increased immigration. Many cases don’t lead to deportation because they’re often approved for asylum. The current administration is influenced by special interests, which complicates immigration policy. There’s a significant number of people applying for asylum at the border, and many enter the U.S. on visitor visas before seeking asylum, exploiting a loophole. While some argue deportation is necessary, it doesn’t align with the Democratic Party platform, which is shaped by those who fund the party. This influence affects how immigration issues are addressed.