Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) instructed Tuesday that he can discover “common ground” with Tom Homan, President-elect Trump’s decide for “border czar,” in relation to imposing safety on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Cuellar, who represents a district alongside the border, mentioned that whereas there are a “lot of things we can work on,” he first desires to see particulars.
“We can deport people quickly under Title A, we can do ‘stay in Mexico,’ we can do so many things on policies that can work right away,” he instructed host Blake Burman in an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill.”
“In fact, today, I was communicating with Tom, and we talked about getting together sometime when I hit back to D.C. in the next week or so and I think we can find a lot of common ground,” the Texas Democrat added.
His feedback got here simply hours after Homan visited the border alongside Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to debate the incoming Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations — which the president-elect threatened repeatedly whereas on the marketing campaign path. The Lone Star State has already provided up a 1,400-acre ranch to assist with the plan.
The previous Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official has made information in latest weeks for making threats to officers and states who refuse to cooperate with Trump’s immigration agenda. In an interview with Fox Information over the weekend, Homan signaled that federal funds might even be slashed for states that don’t comply. Earlier this week, he additionally instructed jail time could also be on the desk.
Cuellar added Tuesday that whereas he and Homan don’t agree on all the things, there are widespread objectives that either side wish to meet as soon as Trump returns to the White Home.
“We might not agree on everything, but certainly we can agree to deport quickly the criminals, the national security folks, the 1.3 million final deportation people that have a final deportation order and are still here,” he mentioned.
“Some of the recent crossers are some of the folks we need to look at. So, there’s a lot of things that I think we can do, and certainly Mexico has done a lot, but they can do much, much, much more stopping fentanyl and stopping people from coming in,” the lawmaker added.
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