Several GOP 2024 candidates and potential candidates told the Daily Caller how they would handle the border crisis. Conservative businessman Vivek Ramaswamy explained he would “deport migrants as humanely as possible. Some of them may have an opportunity to come back into the country through the legal process, if they follow the law and demonstrate a commitment to the values of our nation.”
Former Vice President Mike Pence noted the United States “made a deal with Mexico to keep illegal immigrants out of our country; Biden is now trying to roll [sic] that deal. We need to return to the proven policies of the Trump-Pence administration, which allowed us to secure our southern border and reduce illegal immigration by 90%.” He added, “The organization I founded, Advancing American Freedom, lays it out in The Freedom Agenda: Finish building the wall, immediately deport all illegal alien criminals and gang members, end asylum fraud, ban sanctuary cities and states like Newsom’s California, oppose amnesty, and implement E-Verify so that woke companies can’t flout our immigration laws on the back-end.”
From Daily Caller:
Designating the Mexican cartels as terrorists is also a priority for all the confirmed candidates and some of the potential contenders who spoke to the DCNF [Daily Caller News Foundation]. The topic has been broached in the halls of congress after the recent cartel killings of two Americans traveling in Matamoros, Mexico. Additionally, the cartels are largely responsible for the illicit fentanyl business, making the drug in clandestine labs in Mexico and smuggling it across the southern border, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
