Senator John Fetterman expressed the need for a secure border while supporting immigration, emphasizing that both can coexist.
He highlighted the challenges of providing the American Dream for migrants when facing a large number of people arriving at the border.
Fetterman called for a comprehensive solution and collaboration to address the issue.
“I honestly don’t understand why it’s controversial to say, we need a secure border. I’ve been very clear, in fact, that was weaponized against me [by] Republicans in my race, that I’m very much a strong supporter of immigration, and my wife’s family, that’s the [origin] story about that,” Fetterman said.
Senator Fetterman: I Want the American Dream for All Migrants, You Can’t Do That with Current Border Surge
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“And I think two things can be true at the same time. You can be very supportive of immigration, but we also need to have a secure border. And I really — [what] I think about immigration is, we want to provide the American Dream for any migrant.”
“But it seems very difficult when you have 300,000 people showing up encountered at our border to do that. And I think we need to do a reset and we have to work together and develop a new comprehensive solution to that,” he said.
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