Post by cjm on Feb 23, 2017 11:57:09 GMT
Border Wall Makes Fiscal Conservatives of Democrats
A former illegal immigrant who now serves in Congress criticized President Donald Trump’s immigration policies Wednesday on grounds that they are too costly.
Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), whose family overstayed a tourist visa when he was a child and then returned to the Dominican Republic to obtain green cards, told CNN’s “New Day” that he worried about the price tag of hiring more immigration law enforcement officers and adding detention space.
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A former illegal immigrant who now serves in Congress criticized President Donald Trump’s immigration policies Wednesday on grounds that they are too costly.
Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), whose family overstayed a tourist visa when he was a child and then returned to the Dominican Republic to obtain green cards, told CNN’s “New Day” that he worried about the price tag of hiring more immigration law enforcement officers and adding detention space.
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