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Senate Democrat gives away the game, says the quiet part out loud about 'undocumented Americans' — and the 'failed' strategy
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) stated on Wednesday that immigrants living in the United States illegally are the people Democrats "care about most."
Speaking with MSNBC host Chris Hayes about the failed border bill, Murphy admitted that the Democratic Party's "play" — which Hayes explained is to secure a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants — has "failed."
"That's been a failed play for 20 years. So you are right that that has been the Democratic strategy for 30 years, maybe, and it has failed to deliver for the people we care about most: the undocumented Americans that are in this country," Murphy said.
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For his part, Murphy acknowledged that "the bulk of this country" agrees the status quo — millions of migrants entering the U.S. each year under President Joe Biden — is unsustainable.
"So I know there’s a temptation for Democrats ... to just run the same play we always run because we know how to run it. But when it hasn't worked, and when the country is actually demanding that we do something to make the border more manageable, I think we do have a right and a responsibility to adjust to that reality," he admitted.
"Now, this bill still had in it some very important things for migrant rights, including a right to representation and earlier work permits, and the biggest expansion of visas in 30 years," Murphy celebrated. "It's not a pathway to citizenship, but it is something substantial for people that actually care about migrants."
Meanwhile, the Senate Democrat revealed an interesting factoid about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R): He "was in the room" during bill negotiations.
In a separate interview with NBC News, Murphy claimed that McConnell wrote the bill.
"He didn't just bless the deal. He wrote the deal," Murphy explained. "I have a ton of respect for his commitment to Ukraine. I genuinely enjoyed working with his team. They were in the room every single day. But it’s really worrying that a deal that was written and endorsed by the minority leader gets four votes from his caucus."
That detail, which hasn't been widely reported, is likely to intensify demands for McConnell to step down as leader of Senate Republicans because, in the eyes of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and other Republicans, the bill was "designed to lose."
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Top Senate Democrat lets the truth slip about the so-called border bill: 'The border never fully closes'
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) admitted the controversial bill that will allegedly stymie the border crisis won't actually close the border.
On Sunday, the Senate released the full text of the bipartisan Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, which would cost taxpayers $118 billion. More than half of that money ($60 billion, which is more than the entire budget of the U.S. Marine Corps), would be sent to Ukraine, while just $20 billion would be spent on the border crisis.
The most controversial and debated provisions of the bill center on how many migrants can be allowed into the U.S. before the president can "shut down" the border.
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), who helped co-author the bill with Murphy and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), denied the bill would allow 5,000 migrants to enter the U.S. per day. Rather, he argued the bill "is designed to close the border" and turn away migrants.
A good way to gauge the truth is to see what the other side of the aisle is saying about the matter. And, according to Murphy, what Lankford claimed is not true.
Murphy explained the bill stipulates:
the president to funnel asylum claims to the land ports of entry when more than 5,000 people cross a day. The border never closes, but claims must be processed at the ports. This allows for a more a more orderly, humane asylum processing system.
In another statement, Murphy explained the emergency authority that Lankford argued permits the president to "close the border" is temporary — and doesn't even result in a full closure.
"Importantly, even during these emergency times, the border never fully closes," Murphy celebrated.
The legislation, indeed, permits the continual processing of migrants when the emergency authority has been activated (i.e., the time when the border is supposedly shut down).
"During any activation of the border emergency authority ... the Secretary shall maintain the capacity to process, and continue processing ... a minimum of 1,400 inadmissible aliens each calendar day cumulatively across all southwest land border ports of entry in a safe and orderly process," the bill states.
It's no wonder, then, why House Republicans say the bill is "DEAD on arrival in the House."
"House Republicans oppose the Senate immigration bill because it fails in every policy area needed to secure our border and would actually incentivize more illegal immigration," House Republican leadership said in a joint statement on Monday.
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