Cotton Condemns Clinton’s Stance on Immigration

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Last Thursday ░░░░░░░░ Democratic candidates for president ░░░░░░░░ a debate They made ░░░░░░░░ extreme irresponsible statements about ░░░░░░░░ policy I oppose their ░░░░░░░░ to reward mass illegal ░░░░░░░░ with blanket amnesty which ░░░░░░░░ undermine the rule of ░░░░░░░░ cost Americans jobs drive ░░░░░░░░ wages for working Americans ░░░░░░░░ invite more illegal immigration ░░░░░░░░ what must President Obama ░░░░░░░░ After all he has ░░░░░░░░ to grant amnesty by ░░░░░░░░ to over five million ░░░░░░░░ immigrants though the courts ░░░░░░░░ blocked most of those ░░░░░░░░ for now Yet the ░░░░░░░░ from Vermont and Hillary ░░░░░░░░ both insisted that the ░░░░░░░░ hasn t gone far ░░░░░░░░ They would expand on ░░░░░░░░ actions and go even ░░░░░░░░ In fact a debate ░░░░░░░░ called President Obama the ░░░░░░░░ in chief and Hillary ░░░░░░░░ tacitly accepted the characterization ░░░░░░░░ she wouldn t deport ░░░░░░░░ as many illegal immigrants ░░░░░░░░ President Obama has which ░░░░░░░░ course isn t a ░░░░░░░░ high bar to clear ░░░░░░░░ deportations are down 42 ░░░░░░░░ the start of President ░░░░░░░░ s second term and ░░░░░░░░ year deportations hit a ░░░░░░░░ year low Still I ░░░░░░░░ t imagine President Obama ░░░░░░░░ too pleased with his ░░░░░░░░ be successor I also ░░░░░░░░ t imagine a more ░░░░░░░░ and irresponsible position than ░░░░░░░░ one taken by Hillary ░░░░░░░░ As she panders for ░░░░░░░░ she limited deportation priorities ░░░░░░░░ violent criminals and terrorists ░░░░░░░░ Secretary Clinton will welcome ░░░░░░░░ artists identity thieves and ░░░░░░░░ non violent criminal illegal ░░░░░░░░ with outstretched arms into ░░░░░░░░ country Even more astonishing ░░░░░░░░ stated unequivocally I will ░░░░░░░░ deport children I would ░░░░░░░░ deport children As I ░░░░░░░░ this is pure opportunism ░░░░░░░░ instance I imagine this ░░░░░░░░ would ve liked Secretary ░░░░░░░░ s policy to be ░░░░░░░░ effect during her husband ░░░░░░░░ administration This is the ░░░░░░░░ picture of Elian Gonzalez ░░░░░░░░ six year old Cuban ░░░░░░░░ who reached our shores ░░░░░░░░ his mother tragically dying ░░░░░░░░ sea Elian s U ░░░░░░░░ based family pleaded with ░░░░░░░░ Clinton administration to grant ░░░░░░░░ asylum as was our ░░░░░░░░ custom for refugees from ░░░░░░░░ But President Clinton rejected ░░░░░░░░ pleas siding with the ░░░░░░░░ Federal agents stormed a ░░░░░░░░ residence and apprehended Elian ░░░░░░░░ gunpoint Where was Secretary ░░░░░░░░ I guess she didn ░░░░░░░░ have a no kids ░░░░░░░░ back then But we ░░░░░░░░ t have to guess ░░░░░░░░ then First Lady was ░░░░░░░░ for Senate in New ░░░░░░░░ She opposed congressional action ░░░░░░░░ protect Elian and advocated ░░░░░░░░ the boy to Cuba ░░░░░░░░ to a decades long ░░░░░░░░ consensus that we should ░░░░░░░░ safe harbor to refugees ░░░░░░░░ totalitarian communist states Yet ░░░░░░░░ sad story of Elian ░░░░░░░░ isn t the most ░░░░░░░░ or harmful example of ░░░░░░░░ opportunism Just two summers ░░░░░░░░ our country faced a ░░░░░░░░ crisis on our southern ░░░░░░░░ Nearly 140 000 people ░░░░░░░░ half of them unaccompanied ░░░░░░░░ poured across our border ░░░░░░░░ most didn t flee ░░░░░░░░ the Border Patrol or ░░░░░░░░ to avoid capture on ░░░░░░░░ contrary they ran to ░░░░░░░░ S border agents Why ░░░░░░░░ brand new illegal immigrants ░░░░░░░░ successfully crossed our border ░░░░░░░░ themselves in The answer ░░░░░░░░ simple they had been ░░░░░░░░ to believe that they ░░░░░░░░ be allowed to stay ░░░░░░░░ the multiple administration memos ░░░░░░░░ agents not to fully ░░░░░░░░ immigration law to President ░░░░░░░░ s unlawful executive amnesties ░░░░░░░░ the Senate s own ░░░░░░░░ legislation every signal from ░░░░░░░░ said our political class ░░░░░░░░ the willpower to secure ░░░░░░░░ borders and enforce our ░░░░░░░░ laws in the country ░░░░░░░░ interior Some might say ░░░░░░░░ policies and proposals wouldn ░░░░░░░░ have covered newly arrived ░░░░░░░░ immigrants that they would ░░░░░░░░ faced deportation Perhaps But ░░░░░░░░ they signaled was a ░░░░░░░░ unwillingness to enforce our ░░░░░░░░ laws just like amnesty ░░░░░░░░ in 1986 invited another ░░░░░░░░ of illegal immigrants to ░░░░░░░░ to our country and ░░░░░░░░ for the next amnesty ░░░░░░░░ certainly gave the human ░░░░░░░░ who transported and abused ░░░░░░░░ kids plenty of grounds ░░░░░░░░ tell desperate parents Send ░░░░░░░░ kid north with me ░░░░░░░░ he ll get a ░░░░░░░░ In the end they ░░░░░░░░ t wrong Nearly two ░░░░░░░░ later only a very ░░░░░░░░ minority of unaccompanied children ░░░░░░░░ been deported In fact ░░░░░░░░ than 111 000 unaccompanied ░░░░░░░░ entered the United States ░░░░░░░░ from 2011 to 2015 ░░░░░░░░ only 6 percent have ░░░░░░░░ returned to their home ░░░░░░░░ Yes some may have ░░░░░░░░ a deportation order from ░░░░░░░░ court usually after failing ░░░░░░░░ appear for a hearing ░░░░░░░░ the Obama administration has ░░░░░░░░ little to no effort ░░░░░░░░ locate them It s ░░░░░░░░ to say therefore that ░░░░░░░░ human traffickers the so ░░░░░░░░ coyotes weren t wrong ░░░░░░░░ many Central American parents ░░░░░░░░ an understandable risk After ░░░░░░░░ a life in America ░░░░░░░░ the shadows as advocates ░░░░░░░░ amnesty and open borders ░░░░░░░░ it may well be ░░░░░░░░ to the poverty and ░░░░░░░░ back home While those ░░░░░░░░ may have been the ░░░░░░░░ factors in the migrant ░░░░░░░░ there can be no ░░░░░░░░ that the pull factors ░░░░░░░░ amnesty deferred action non ░░░░░░░░ economic opportunity and safety ░░░░░░░░ just as strong if ░░░░░░░░ stronger That s why ░░░░░░░░ the Obama administration tried ░░░░░░░░ address them President Obama ░░░░░░░░ with leaders of Honduras ░░░░░░░░ and El Salvador to ░░░░░░░░ their assistance Vice President ░░░░░░░░ Biden flew to Guatemala ░░░░░░░░ publicly urged parents not ░░░░░░░░ believe the coyotes promises ░░░░░░░░ amnesty Secretary of Homeland ░░░░░░░░ Jeh Johnson wrote an ░░░░░░░░ letter to Central American ░░░░░░░░ And yes Hillary Clinton ░░░░░░░░ involved too Secretary Clinton ░░░░░░░░ in 2014 that these ░░░░░░░░ should be sent back ░░░░░░░░ soon as it can ░░░░░░░░ determined who responsible adults ░░░░░░░░ their families are She ░░░░░░░░ that we have to ░░░░░░░░ a clear message just ░░░░░░░░ your child gets across ░░░░░░░░ border that doesn t ░░░░░░░░ the child gets to ░░░░░░░░ That was the right ░░░░░░░░ then and it s ░░░░░░░░ right position now even ░░░░░░░░ real action didn t ░░░░░░░░ up the Obama administration ░░░░░░░░ empty words But that ░░░░░░░░ then and this is ░░░░░░░░ in the middle of ░░░░░░░░ flailing presidential campaign Secretary ░░░░░░░░ now says she would ░░░░░░░░ deport children under any ░░░░░░░░ not even those who ░░░░░░░░ arrived or presumably those ░░░░░░░░ arrive in the future ░░░░░░░░ ve come to expect ░░░░░░░░ opportunism from the House ░░░░░░░░ Clinton but even worse ░░░░░░░░ the irresponsibility Put yourself ░░░░░░░░ the position of desperate ░░░░░░░░ in Central America You ░░░░░░░░ in third world conditions ░░░░░░░░ is scarce Food and ░░░░░░░░ are a struggle Power ░░░░░░░░ t always come on ░░░░░░░░ the flip of a ░░░░░░░░ Gangs control many of ░░░░░░░░ streets Murder rates are ░░░░░░░░ of the highest in ░░░░░░░░ world You have every ░░░░░░░░ to try to escape ░░░░░░░░ conditions or at least ░░░░░░░░ your kid out But ░░░░░░░░ to go You just ░░░░░░░░ your answer Hillary Clinton ░░░░░░░░ of the most famous ░░░░░░░░ in the world one ░░░░░░░░ only six people likely ░░░░░░░░ be the next President ░░░░░░░░ the United States just ░░░░░░░░ new hope to the ░░░░░░░░ you can come to ░░░░░░░░ U S Of course ░░░░░░░░ s a peculiar kind ░░░░░░░░ hope She didn t ░░░░░░░░ go to our embassy ░░░░░░░░ seek asylum She certainly ░░░░░░░░ t say get on ░░░░░░░░ airplane and fly safely ░░░░░░░░ the U S Nor ░░░░░░░░ she ever take such ░░░░░░░░ unpopular positions Instead she ░░░░░░░░ invited you to take ░░░░░░░░ life or death gamble ░░░░░░░░ you survive the trip ░░░░░░░░ can stay How is ░░░░░░░░ moral How s it ░░░░░░░░ to create incentives for ░░░░░░░░ reckless behavior Hillary Clinton ░░░░░░░░ created a full employment ░░░░░░░░ for human traffickers She ░░░░░░░░ helped oversell illicit tickets ░░░░░░░░ this train The Beast ░░░░░░░░ network of freight trains ░░░░░░░░ which migrants from Central ░░░░░░░░ cross Mexico to the ░░░░░░░░ States The Beast has ░░░░░░░░ name the Death Train ░░░░░░░░ s called that because ░░░░░░░░ who ride it don ░░░░░░░░ survive or if they ░░░░░░░░ they only escape with ░░░░░░░░ injuries or after enduring ░░░░░░░░ and sexual abuse at ░░░░░░░░ hands of criminal gangs ░░░░░░░░ her irresponsible pandering Secretary ░░░░░░░░ s words will contribute ░░░░░░░░ untold suffering pain and ░░░░░░░░ among Central American families ░░░░░░░░ it s equally irresponsible ░░░░░░░░ looked at from the ░░░░░░░░ perspective Secretary Clinton s ░░░░░░░░ to deport only violent ░░░░░░░░ and no children under ░░░░░░░░ circumstances will badly harm ░░░░░░░░ Americans Decades of mass ░░░░░░░░ has contributed to joblessness ░░░░░░░░ wages and communities stressed ░░░░░░░░ the breaking point to ░░░░░░░░ education housing emergency services ░░░░░░░░ safety and other basic ░░░░░░░░ services The coming Clinton ░░░░░░░░ of illegal immigration will ░░░░░░░░ make it harder to ░░░░░░░░ our borders enforce our ░░░░░░░░ and get immigration under ░░░░░░░░ and working for Americans ░░░░░░░░ are after all the ░░░░░░░░ we re supposed to ░░░░░░░░ The world is full ░░░░░░░░ violence oppression corruption and ░░░░░░░░ We cannot turn a ░░░░░░░░ eye to this it ░░░░░░░░ has a way of ░░░░░░░░ at our borders and ░░░░░░░░ our shores Like most ░░░░░░░░ my heart breaks when ░░░░░░░░ imagine the plight of ░░░░░░░░ desperate parents in Central ░░░░░░░░ as they look upon ░░░░░░░░ little ones That s ░░░░░░░░ I strongly support efforts ░░░░░░░░ assist countries like Guatemala ░░░░░░░░ and El Salvador to ░░░░░░░░ stronger institutions and improve ░░░░░░░░ conditions there Many dedicated ░░░░░░░░ in the State Department ░░░░░░░░ DEA Southern Command and ░░░░░░░░ federal agencies are there ░░░░░░░░ us to do just ░░░░░░░░ At the same time ░░░░░░░░ cannot solve all the ░░░░░░░░ s ills and our ░░░░░░░░ responsibility is to Americans ░░░░░░░░ foreigners We can help ░░░░░░░░ the push factors in ░░░░░░░░ countries driving migrants to ░░░░░░░░ borders but we are ░░░░░░░░ obligated to accept their ░░░░░░░░ into our country On ░░░░░░░░ contrary our obligation is ░░░░░░░░ protect and serve Americans ░░░░░░░░ to do so we ░░░░░░░░ also eliminate the pull ░░░░░░░░ for these migrants here ░░░░░░░░ home Like any country ░░░░░░░░ have a right indeed ░░░░░░░░ have a duty to ░░░░░░░░ who comes to our ░░░░░░░░ and allow them here ░░░░░░░░ if it s in ░░░░░░░░ national interest America is ░░░░░░░░ nation of immigrants but ░░░░░░░░ re also a nation ░░░░░░░░ laws Secretary Clinton has ░░░░░░░░ only displayed contempt for ░░░░░░░░ immigration laws but also ░░░░░░░░ foreigners to break those ░░░░░░░░ to their own great ░░░░░░░░ We must say to ░░░░░░░░ foreigners loudly and clearly ░░░░░░░░ not make this dangerous ░░░░░░░░ Do not violate our ░░░░░░░░ Do not come here ░░░░░░░░ It is the humane ░░░░░░░░ to do and it ░░░░░░░░ the right thing to ░░░░░░░░ Secretary Clinton should be ░░░░░░░░ of herself for doing ░░░░░░░░