CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) if she believes the Democratic Party doesn’t “take border security seriously.”
“Well, as a native Arizonan who was born and raised near the southern border, I can tell you unequivocally that the federal government has failed its duty in the last 40 years,” Sinema told the State of the Union host.
BERNIE SANDERS SAYS SINEMA IS A ‘CORPORATE DEMOCRAT’
Sinema reiterated her stance after Tapper pressed her, saying that she believes “everyone” has failed at handling the crisis on the border.
“It’s just everyone. The federal government has failed here,” Sinema said.
WATCH: CNN’s Jake Tapper Asks Sinema If She Agrees ‘Democrats Just Don’t Take Border Security Seriously — They Just Don’t’ https://t.co/2TDqTDy8hI via @mediaite pic.twitter.com/7mvK3vkLmK
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The former Democrat argued that the border crisis “isn’t just a talking point of team A versus team B,” saying, “Places like Arizona, front lines of this crisis, have been paying the price every single day.”
She affirmed to the CNN host that she supports citizenship for immigrants who came to the United States as children.
“The reality is that when folks say we have got to just provide a legal path to citizenship for ‘Dreamers,’ which I support wholeheartedly, these kids are Americans in all but name,” Sinema said. “So, when folks say we have got to do that, I agree. And when folks say we have got to secure the border, of course, I agree. “
Sinema has been working with Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) on an immigration plan that would provide a 10-year path to permanent residency and legalization for 2 million immigrants who came to the U.S. as children in exchange for at least $25 billion in increased funding for the Border Patrol and border security. The Tillis-Sinema immigration plan would also extend the Trump-era Title 42 policy, which is expiring on Dec. 21, for another year.
Stephen Miller, the former senior adviser to former President Donald Trump, slammed the Sinema-Tillis immigration effort as “trying to pass a calamitous lame duck border-erasing amnesty bill before the new GOP-led House is sworn into office.”
ALERT: Senators Sinema and Tillis are trying to pass a calamitous lame duck border-erasing amnesty bill before the new GOP-led House is sworn into office. Watch this Tucker interview to understand what is stake — and what is motivating this dreadful legislative atrocity. pic.twitter.com/hgD7SaSFJ1
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) December 9, 2022
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Sinema told Tapper on Sunday that the border crisis concerns are “real and valid” and as a government, the U.S. has “a duty to solve” concerns related to the border.
