We must face the simple truth.
To protect America as a land that welcomes immigrants,
we must first secure the border and secure it now.
This action will help us gain control of our border
restore order into the process.
This ban will remain in place until the number of
people trying to enter illegally is reduced to a level
that our system can effectively manage.
I believe that immigration has always been a lifeblood of
America.
We're constantly renewed by an infusion of people and new
talent.
It's window dressing. Everybody knows it.
If he if he was concerned about the border,
he would have done this a long time ago.
Frankly, I would have preferred to address this issue through
a bipartisan legislation because that's the only way to actually
get the kind of system we have now that's broken,
fixed to hire more Border Patrol agents,
more asylum officers, more judges.
But Republicans have left me with no choice.
I think the border is a very important issue for
Donald Trump and the fact that he would communicate to
Republican senators and Congress people that he doesn't want us
to solve the border problem because he wants to blame.
Biden for it is, is really appalling.
Many of these Republicans are taking their cues from Donald
Trump directly.
And yet now, when real,
meaningful and bipartisan legislation could potentially be within reach,
they're doing everything they can to kill it.