Posted on 10/31/2023 1:20:50 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
The United States must have an “absolute zero tolerance policy” on illegal immigration, Republican Ohio Senate candidate Bernie Moreno said during a candidate forum this week in the Buckeye State, differentiating himself from his challengers.
The forum featured three Republican Senate candidates — Moreno, GOP Secretary of State Frank LaRose, and State Sen. Matt Dolan (R) — all vying for Sen. Sherrod Brown’s (D-OH) seat.
During the forum, Moreno — who legally migrated from Columbia — listed eliminating illegal immigration as one of the three biggest issues facing the business community, thereby identifying it as something that Congress should promptly address. Further, Moreno explained that the U.S. must have a “zero tolerance policy” on illegal immigration when asked what role he believes illegal immigrants have in “job recruitment and retainment” within the country.
It is problematic, he said, that the U.S. essentially has encouraged illegal immigration on one end, yet attempts to draw a hard line in the sand on the other side.
“Let me just say this, you will not solve the immigration crisis in America unless we have an absolute zero tolerance policy around illegal immigration,” the businessman said.
“We have encouraged for decades, illegal immigration on one side and then said we’re against it on the other side. Because by doing that, we have broken the legal immigration system,” Moreno continued, calling for deportations.
One of Moreno’s competitors, LaRose, jumped in with the line that “most Americans recognize, of course, we’re a nation of immigrants.” That is relatively unsurprising, as Moreno exposed the amnesty support of both LaRose and Dolan at a GOP Senate candidate forum in October.
“It’s not realistic to take 20 million consumers out of the economy. Immigration, when done legally, is a net positive for our country,”
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Moreno has remained consistent in his calls to address illegal immigration, telling Breitbart News during an exclusive interview in July that a Republican-controlled Senate should focus primarily on securing the southern border and be able to confidently announce that the border is “safe and secure” within 30 days of the GOP taking control of the upper chamber.
“We got to immediately secure the border when we take over in January of 2025. Within 30 days, we gotta be able to announce that we have a safe and secure border,” he told Breitbart News at the time. “That’s a priority number one.”
Sounds like LaRose and Dolan are a couple of rino cuks.
Utra lib, baby killer, Sherrod Brown has got to go. Ohio is a red state but the cesspools of Cleveland and Columbus keep him in office.
Yup!
Make it a 2 to 3 year TOTAL Immigration ban
Sherrod has incumbency. We have no talent.
JD Vance won 81/88 counties. Guess which ones he lost! But it wasn’t by much. So happy the golden child Tim Ryan is out of Congress. Warms my heart! Bernie Moreno could pull this off if he remains calm. Brown will have to carry around Bidenomics next year.
He migrated from Columbia University?
And probably Akron and Dayton and Cincinnati
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