'Do You Believe That Illegal Immigration Is Illegal?': John Kennedy Gets Blunt With Witness

Mr Carr I hope the only reason that you're going to appear on CNN is for the quality of your peaches Senator Kennedy thank you Mr chairman um it seems to me that that America was born on a farm and uh you can't operate a farm without workers we can't defeat ourselves of the of our world's neighbors without without Farm Workers and sometimes we we need help from Neighbors who live in foreign countries it is not a fair statement Mr Costa yes I believe immigrants play an important role um Mr constant do you believe that illegal immigration is illegal under the statutes yes okay um Mr Sakura my saying your name right do you agree with that statement yes sir um Mr Costa what what grade abcdf would you give President Biden's Administration on combating illegal immigration I I don't know what grade I would put I think they've made they've made some uh useful improvements um but uh you know I think that the the Border has there's so much money going to the border that I think the border is mostly secure people are mostly turning themselves in they're not really crossing the border you can't give a grade you're an expert on on immigration or you can't give a grade oh I I guess if I had to I'd probably be about a c right in the middle somewhere a c or a d uh a c because they kept some Trump policies in place they've made some improvements right sort of in between okay how about you Mr Shakura are we grading on a curve senator no sir um I would be generous and say a d-minus okay all right good can can we agree that either President Biden's Administration believes in open borders are the person that he has put in charge of making immigration policy is not qualified to manage a food truck I would fully reject the notion that the bite Administration believes in open borders okay how about you Mr secure at the risk of being too lawyerly I I might be interested in the definition of open borders I think it's certainly fair to say there is uh a significa a lack of significant enforcement at the border and in fact my clients who wanted to try that let me try to put a finer point on it right now we have conscientious Farm Workers who live in other countries some of whom have worked here before we have Nigerian doctors we have German engineers who are waiting years patiently in line trying to follow the rules of legal immigration to come into our country but yet the Biden Administration will welcome anybody who can either secretly or less than secretly come into the United States from the southern border is that not correct I I don't believe so I believe that the people showing up at the border are mostly seeking humanitarian protections because there's a dire need in this hemisphere how about how about you Mr security do you think that my description is correct I do Senator and that seems to be obvious from watching the evening news well the agency's responsible for the legal immigration system Mr Costa are failing to process applications promptly aren't they for I would say it depends for for low-wage work visas they are uh mostly processing them quite quickly we got a backlog of 20 I mean it depends it depends on which Visa you're talking about I would say for hdb for instance the USCIS Prides themselves on how quickly they process those those visas when it comes to other things like work permits they've been they've been slow and I think the problem is that Congress has not appropriated funds for them they have this money we're now we now have a larger federal budget adjusted for inflation than we've ever had in the history of the United States America but with all due respect always the money Mr Sakira um what kind of job do you think that the Biden Administration has done with legal immigration with the 24 million person backlog I think any Fair estimation is that it's poor well can we agree that legal immigration is good in illegal immigration is bad I would think so the country is founded on immigration people coming here from other countries legal immigration is good yes does anybody disagree with that statement does anybody want to defend the bad Administrations 24 million people backlog in legal immigration but yet Millions have come illegally across the border does anybody want to defend that anybody thank you for being here Senator Padilla thank you Mr chair I want to thank you and uh ranking member Graham uh for uh convening this hearing there's Limited

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Published: Wed May 31 2023