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On the recordJuly 18, 2025
The Republicans are fomenting anti-immigrant hate as a policy and a strategy, and Democrats are so scared of offending either immigration groups or people to the left of them — maybe they’re in a primary, they are concerned about saying: ‘No, not everyone gets to be here. Not everyone has the right to live in the United States, and we, like every other country in the world, get to know who and what is coming across our borders,’
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Elissa Slotkin
Democratic · Michigan

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Slotkin criticizes Democrats for their fear of offending immigration groups regarding immigration policy.

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