J.D. Vance: I Don’t Want a Border Czar Who Makes it More Efficient for Illegals to Enter the Border

Vance: “But I think there are reasons to think that DHS is underestimating. Whatever the real number is, it’s way too high, right? It’s millions upon millions of illegal immigrants that have come in just since Kamala Harris became the border czar a few years ago. The first thing — “
WELKER: “She was put in charge of the root causes of migration. Go ahead.”
Vance: “Well, the root causes of migration, I would say, Kristen, is that Kamala Harris refuses to do her job as border czar. And let’s just start there. I want to answer your question, but I think it’s important to sort of sequence this the right way. So, if you want to get control of the illegal immigration problem, you have to stop the bleeding. You have to stop so many people from coming here illegally in the first place. And that means undoing everything that Kamala Harris did, practically on day one of the administration. You have to reimpose deportations, you have to stop catch-and-release, stop granting asylum to every single person who comes in here and says that they need asylum, and stop granting mass parole. These policies are why we have the immigration crisis that we have. So I think, focus on fixing the problem? Before we even fix the problem, we have to stop the problem from getting worse.”
WELKER: “And as you know, President Biden passed a series of executive actions and illegal border crossings are now at their lowest levels in about five years. So much so that Greg Abbott is no longer busing people to other cities. But let me ask you — “
Vance: “No, no, no — “
WELKER: “ — this fundamental question, Senator.”
Vance: “Please.”
WELKER: “This fundamental question: Will families be separated under your mass deportation?”
Vance: “And again, because you made a point here, I do want to answer this question about families and about deportations. But you made this point that border crossings are lower. Border crossings at the southern border are lower because the Harris administration is sending more immigrants through the ports of entry. So instead of coming through the southern border, they’re now being flown at taxpayer expense to the ports of entry all over our country. The number of illegal crossings, Kristen — this is a really important point — they’re not any lower. They’re just shuffling how the people are coming into the country in the first place. And this is very important. Now, about deportation — “
WELKER: “They’re able to process them more efficiently. But Greg Abbott’s not sending them to other states — “
Vance: “But Kristen, I don’t want a border czar who makes it more efficient for illegal immigrants to come into this country. That’s why we have the problem that we have.”