Nicole Malliotakis: “I will respond by saying that we are a welcoming nation. We are a welcoming city. My parents are immigrants, as well.…”

“I will respond by saying that we are a welcoming nation. We are a welcoming city. My parents are immigrants, as well. However, nobody was required to pay for their housing--my parents did not move into a park that the mayor created to be an encampment--taking that away from the taxpayers. I simply say that we need to have individuals who want to come to this country follow the rules, follow the law, and that is the big difference here. The President has created a crisis. It is of his own making with his open border policies. You mention war-torn countries, but there are over 120 different countries that are being represented, not to mention it is just completely unsustainable. I am not just talking about the 6 million that you mentioned that applied for asylum. I am sure you know that more than half of those asylum cases were denied in court. I think that is an important thing to point out, which means that they are abusing the asylum process to gain entry into our country. My office, in particular, has helped nearly 100 people become U.S. citizens. I am very proud of that. It may be more than anybody else in this Chamber, quite frankly.…”