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Thomas Perez, head of the DNC
1. Immigration reform is a “public safety imperative”
Thomas Perez, head of the DNC
1. Immigration reform is a “public safety imperative”
2. So what needs to happen?
“Congress needs to vote and pass some damn laws, that’s what needs to happen here”
“Congress needs to vote and pass some damn laws, that’s what needs to happen here”
3. And then he makes Trump’s case for a permanent border barrier-
“Laws are only as good as the political will of the people enforcing them”.
Indeed.
“Laws are only as good as the political will of the people enforcing them”.
Indeed.
4. Its a “national security imperative” to fix our “broken immigration system.
5. So how would Perez feel about Trump declaring a national emergency to build the wall?
“...sometimes you need to push the envelope”
“...sometimes you need to push the envelope”
6. Wuuut? Perez pushed through a policy “that circumvented Federal Immigration law”
7. So why did the Dems push for immigration reform before but simply bash Trump now? It’s about who gets to implement the reform. Perez would have been “one of the prime implementers”.
8. Which all leads up to this-
Perez: “This is a manufactured crisis”
Perez: “This is a manufactured crisis”
All the above historical videos were from CSpan. The last one was from a Bill Hemmer interview broadcast this week.
