Bring Back Trump Border Policies, Democrat Congresswoman Says

‘We’re watching our cousins, our neighbors, our coworkers overdose and die, and we are demanding operational control of the southern border.’

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) (R) at her auto shop during her congressional campaign in 2022. Courtesy of the Marie Gluesenkamp Perez campaign

A freshman Democrat congresswoman from Washington State warned that the Biden administration has no “operational control” of the southern border and called on Trump-era policies to be brought back to counter the illegal immigrant crisis.

“It’s been one of the fundamental mistakes around immigration, is to debate whether or not an immigration policy is, you know, motivated by racial animus,” Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) said in an April 29 interview with NPR.