Kari Lake, a leading Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, has suggested that individuals who entered the country since President Joe Biden’s administration began should be sent back to their native countries.
However, she has not explicitly clarified whether this applies to “Dreamers” who were brought to the U.S. as children.
Lake’s stance contrasts with the general sympathy for Dreamers, as evidenced by polls showing support for granting them permanent legal status.
“I’m talking about people who come across since (President Joe Biden) opened up the border on the first day of his administration,” Lake said. “Anybody who has come across in this Bidenvasion needs to be repatriated back to their homeland.”
“I don’t know what you want to call them. You know what, I’m a dreamer and I have big dreams for my country.”
While Lake has expressed concern for unaccompanied minors and the need to reunite them with their families, she has emphasized the importance of addressing the challenges faced by American citizens.
“I have great compassion for the people coming over. Some of them are criminals though,” Lake said.
“And what I have real compassion for is the people who haven’t been shown any compassion and those are American people, our American children who are dreamers, our American families, our American individuals who have a dream to live the American Dream. And because of what’s happening with these 9 to 10 or 12 million, depending on which figures you believe, we don’t have access to that.”
“We need to sort out the 12 million people who are here,” she said. “And in order to save our homeland, we need to send them back to their homeland, and start repatriating these people back to their homeland. We can’t afford to take on all the world’s problems. We have so many problems of our own here and we’re forgetting about the American people.”
Despite her comments, Lake has faced criticism for her approach to immigration and has accused media outlets of distorting her statements.
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