JUST IN: Pete Aguilar Asked Point Blank About President Biden's Executive Order On The Border

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At a House Democratic press briefing on Tuesday, Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) was asked about President Biden's expected executive order.

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00:00Thank you, Ted.

00:02Questions?

00:03Max?

00:04With President Biden slated to release his executive order later today on the border,

00:09curious your thoughts on the proposal and whether you support the action.

00:14You know, Republicans have shown, you know, time and time again that they are unserious

00:19about this issue.

00:22And I think that's the most, you know, problematic.

00:26President Trump tells Senate Republicans to turn back a bipartisan compromise.

00:32Speaker Johnson, you know, turns down, you know, the ability to bring something like

00:37this to the floor.

00:39That's because Republicans are more concerned about keeping this as a campaign issue than

00:43they are about governing and solutions.

00:45The bottom line is House Democrats believe we can and should secure our border while

00:52opening up more legal pathways that, by the way, have been the reason why we have had

00:58success and success is defined by two thirds of unauthorized crossings.

01:04That's the reduction.

01:05It's been reduced by two thirds, unauthorized crossings at the southern border in the last

01:10six months.

01:11And it's because of a combination of Joe Biden's policies to support enforcement and Border

01:17Patrol and give them the resources and the tools that they need, even when House Republicans

01:22voted to cut those budgets, combined with opening up legal pathways for people to come

01:30into this country.

01:32And that's exactly what the Biden administration has prioritized.

01:36But we have to do both.

01:38We have to provide opportunities for individuals who have family members who are undocumented

01:45to contribute and to be part of the fabric of this country.

01:49We think that the American people understand that individuals who have been living with

01:53someone who is undocumented for 20 years or 30 years, they should have that ability to

01:59become citizens and to become lawful permanent residents and to become a part of this economy

02:07because they are part of the fabric of our of our communities.

02:11And so, you know, we need to continue to do both of those strategies.

02:16And I'm concerned that this is just, you know, the enforcement only side of the strategy.

02:22But I'm confident that we can continue to lift up programs like temporary protected

02:27status, like support for those with DACA, like helping families who have a loved one

02:36who is undocumented within their household spouses, for instance.

02:42Those are things that we can do and that the Biden administration should be looking at.

02:46And that's what but I'm going to I have not seen the full language of the EO.

02:51I look forward to reading it when it's released this afternoon.

JUST IN: Pete Aguilar Asked Point Blank About President Biden's Executive Order On The Border

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