refuge, so that dehumanises individuals who are making this very dangerous, treacherous and courageous journey. joe biden should lean into what he promised when he ran for election, which was that he is going to be a president who is equitable to all people, especially black people. joe biden should remember when he went on vended knee in little haiti in my army and are said to the haitian people that he would deliver them a brighter day. a brighter day is providing asylum and providing humanitarian aid for people. providing humanitarian aid for eole. ., ., , ., ., people. four months ago, the secretary people. four months ago, the secretary for people. four months ago, the secretary for homeland - people. four months ago, the l secretary for homeland security people. four months ago, the - secretary for homeland security said in the wake of the latest f creek they would be temporary protected status for haitians who were in the country for 18 months. was that the green light for
nonstarter. he tweeted a $1.3 billion democratic wish list that includes zero money for a border barrier is a nonstarter. if you know it s a nonstarter with those republicans, and with the president, why make this move? why vote to pass it? first of all, why is it a nonstarter? it would fund the other six agencies. we re making these public servants who aren t republicans or democrats, just there trying to serve the people, pawns in the middle of all this. it would fund six other departments through the end of the year so we can get regular bills passed in the orderly fashion we re supposed to be doing it. would take homeland security, it would extend it to february 8th so we can reopen the government so the custom and border patrol agents, other homeland security people who are working, not sure when their next paycheck is going to come, and give us time to sit down and negotiate, and i m not somebody who thinks compromise is a dirty word, but it would take the homeland security bud
he said he wanted to get christians in and keep muslims out, no rational basis to say national security would be jeopardized. the evident before these courts was pretty amazing. there were at least a dozen affidavits filed by former secretaries of the central intelligence agency who worked for republican presidents, former secretaries of state, former homeland security people. just today the cia director said the president would decrease our national security by creating a poster, recruiting poster for isis. all those things were evident. in the court the constitution prevails not any evidence prevails not just who 2013s the mo who tweets the most and they concluded evidence was not a basis for this. by the way, judge robart already has helped my state. last night i went to the university of washington global health alliance, melinda gates was there, keynote speaker a
that they would be admitted to this country the way that they were. . the bigger picture is donald trump is addressing his base politically, fuel for the fire, instead of doing a carefully planned and considered factual-based program. has he sat down with the homeland security people? has he talked to the experts? has there been real planning for this? i know of no evidence of this. this is more symbolism and rhetoric than it is rooted in fact from what we can see so far. also, we have been protected by the measures we have had to a remarkable degree since 9/11. our system has worked much better than europe ice has. we have not had the attacks that europe has. now, if there is a real existing problem that can be identified
isis and if we re going to deal with terrorism and illegal immigration, we have all got to be working out of the same handbook and at this point in time we are not. it s chaotic there is no doubt about it? it s pretty chaotic. if that s the case get rid of customs all together. i believe we have got to protect our borders. the democratic party would like open borders and i think that s what this is all about. look, they wanted the border security it would be secure. and then the democratic party does not want it. now, finally, you have syrian refugees headed to north carolina you oppose that butçr you can t stop it, correct? that s correct. we are not even told by the president. the most misinformation is that the federal government and a homeland security and the president tell each governor when those syrian refugees come to our state. we have no communication whatsoever on when they come, where they go, who they are. and that s what our major objection is our local homeland