Immigration Enforcement Continues Despite DHS Shutdown

About this episode

Mark Krikorian discusses the ongoing immigration enforcement amidst the DHS funding shutdown and the political dynamics at play.

The Department of Homeland Security is still without funding. While the Republican majority is in favor of the funding, their efforts are being stymied by Democratic leadership in the Senate who's refusing to allow such legislation to advance. Despite the lack of funding, the DHS continues to report on apprehensions. You'd think that the nation would respond in gratitude for these efforts to rid the country of those who commit heinous crimes. Unfortunately, the opposite is taking place with the mainstream media fanning the flames. Returning to Crosstalk to discuss these and other related issues was Mark Krikorian. Mark is a nationally recognized expert on immigration issues, serving as the Executive Director of Center for Immigration Studies. Mark began by noting that while it's bad enough that we had the earlier shutdown fights, this isn't a tantrum over a policy issue. Instead, he believes the Democrats are trying to fix Biden/Harris-style immigration policies into law that were soundly rejected by voters when Donald Trump was voted in as president. He also noted that Democrats need to realize the Republicans could do something similar and have a shut-down over something like…

People in this episode

Host: Jim Schneider

Guest: Mark Krikorian

Topics covered

• immigration enforcement
• DHS funding
• political conflict
• media coverage
• crime and immigration
• Biden administration policies

Keywords

• immigration
• DHS
• funding
• media
• crime
• politics
• Mark Krikorian

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Center for Immigration Studies, Department of Homeland Security, Democratic leadership, Republican majority

Places: United States

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