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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Immigration
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War on Drugs creates desperate conditions south of border
In January, President Biden announced several new immigration policies, including an increase of the use of expedited removal, the tripling of refugee resettlement from the Western Hemisphere, increasing humanitarian assistance in Mexico and Central
America, and a surge in resources to the U.S.-Mexico border.Kennedy Jr. has recently knocked Biden's immigration policies, criticizing him for not closing the border. "It's not racist or insensitive to say that we need to close our borders and have
an orderly immigration policy. I would expand legal immigration to this country that's orderly, that makes sense for our country, but also that our borders are impervious," he said, according to the New York Post.
He also tweeted that he would change
U.S. policy in Central America, including ending the "War on Drugs" and "neoliberal extraction of resources," which he said "create desperate conditions south of the border" that compel migrants to seek to immigrate to the U.S.
Source: Newsweek magazine on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
, May 15, 2023
I will enforce a secure border & expand LEGAL immigration
Kennedy promised to enforce immigration laws and strengthen border security after an illegal immigrant allegedly killed five people in Texas. "Francisco Oropeza Perez-Torres has been arrested for the murder of 5 people," Kennedy wrote. "It is not
anti-immigrant bigotry to demand an immigration system that keeps out criminals. In fact, letting them in stokes bigotry. As President, I will enforce a secure border, and I will expand the kind of LEGAL immigration that made our country great."
Source: FOX News on 2024 Presidential hopefuls
, May 4, 2023
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