2024 New Hampshire Debate with 1st District Candidates: Immigration Policy
Updated: October 30, 2024 10:46 PM EDT
Councilor. If you don’t mind. 15 seconds. i’m good. Understood. The next question comes from Steve Botari. thank you. Let’s move on to the topic of immigration. Congressman Pappas, you voted in favor of legislation this year that would strengthen deportation standards for aliens who commit certain crimes, such as Social Security fraud, drunk driving, or fleeing border patrol in a vehicle. But what about those who are violating U.S. law simply by being in the country illegally? Should they be deported? Or are you saying that they should only be deported if they commit additional crimes? Well, I think the examples you mentioned are crimes that people are committing. absolutely. If they are arrested and arrested for immigration violations, they should be immediately deported. We need to ensure a stable situation at the border, which is why I pushed for development with the Biden administration. Executive-ordered policies to help create safer conditions at the border. But we need Congress to act here. That’s why we need to take up bipartisan legislation that is currently stuck in Congress, pending for political reasons. Because we hope that Republican presidential candidates will not bring this issue up as an issue. You can use him in your campaign instead of allowing us to come together and solve our problems. One of the issues in this bill that you address is reforming our asylum laws. The fact is that you should not wait five years to have your case decided. We need to do it faster. We should allow people to apply for asylum from their home countries. That way they don’t have to make the dangerous journey to come here to the United States. And we should invest in Customs and Border Protection the personnel and technology needed to keep our country safe. It’s just common sense, but we need Congress to address this issue. And if Rep. Prescott is re-elected, one of former President Trump’s priorities is the mass deportation of illegal immigrants. You recently said that it pays to deport immigrants who are in the country illegally. Great amounts of money were spent to ensure the safety of Americans. A recent United Nations report said deportations on the scale that former President Trump is talking about would cost the United States not only an initial cost of around $300 billion in government spending. The economic size ranges from $700 billion to $1.7 trillion. We’ve talked a lot here tonight about fiscal conservatism, but is the economic impact worth it? Yes, because we need to enforce the law. These laws were promulgated by Republicans and Democrats. Our laws allow for asylum. Rather than just letting people into the country illegally, rather than just letting them through the gate, if we determine when they’re here, if it’s still safe for them to actually go back to their home country, and if they If we determine that a person is not eligible for asylum, that is what we should do. Because that’s where we have to draw the line: our laws, promulgated by Democratic and Republican administrations. If not, what we’re doing is saying it’s okay to cut in line. You can even pay a group of gangsters in Mexico to take you across the border. That’s the reason for this drug trafficking.
2024 New Hampshire Debate with 1st District Candidates: Immigration Policy
Updated: October 30, 2024 10:46 PM EDT
During the Granite State debate, New Hampshire 1st District candidates Chris Pappas and Russell Prescott talk about their immigration policy support.
MANCHESTER, NH —
During the Granite State debate, New Hampshire 1st District candidates Chris Pappas and Russell Prescott talk about their immigration policy support.
