Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) mentioned on Sunday that his constituents agree with most Individuals that immigrants who entered the nation illegally and commit crimes needs to be deported.
He added, nonetheless, that his constituents additionally assist a path to authorized standing for many who “play by the rules,” in an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday.”
“Look, I think most people in my district and across the country think, you’re here without authorization, you’ve come illegally, you’re committing crimes, you got to get sent back to where you came,” Deluzio mentioned when requested how Democrats navigate the problem of immigration, on which their place diverges from nearly all of the nation,
Deluzio, a first-term Democrat whose district voted for President Trump in 2024, mentioned Democrats and Republicans are aligned on points like offering a path to citizenship for Dreamers.
“I additionally assume, once more, Democrats and Republicans who consider in public security, consider in border safety, they need of us who’re, say, introduced right here as kids, like dreamers, who’re going to work onerous, play by the principles. They will pay their taxes. They usually acquired to do all of the issues they’ll to turn into good neighbors of us right here, however they need to have a path to have an earned standing on this nation.
“And we can do both of those things. We can have strong and meaningful border security. We can have a better immigration system, and we can have a path for folks who play by the rules, who follow our laws, to earn status in this country. We can do all those things, and by the way, we have legislation to do that,” he mentioned.
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