{"id":1219179,"date":"2022-01-16T15:34:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T20:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1219179"},"modified":"2022-01-16T15:34:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T20:34:20","slug":"exclusive-kat-cammack-gop-immigration-policies-should-put-americans-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-kat-cammack-gop-immigration-policies-should-put-americans-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive&#8211;Kat Cammack: GOP Immigration Policies Should Put Americans First"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-kat-cammack-gop-immigration-policies-should-put-americans-first%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1219179&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/Kat-Cormmack-Questions-DHS-640x335.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Florida GOP Rep. Kat Cammack wants to be a leader on migration policy in the House, and she\u2019s working hard to get there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to \u2014 for the first time in a long time \u2014 put America first and that means putting <em>Americans<\/em> first,\u201d she told Breitbart News on January 10. She continued:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We\u2019re going to need leaders in Congress who are willing to have an honest, candid discussion about what we want for our immigration system.<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of hard truths that need to be exposed. I think that corporate America is is going to really have to come to the table and understand that they can no longer profit off of the cheap labor, and really we\u2019re going to have to do the tough thing, which is completely revamp our immigration system.<\/p>\n<p>That has to happen and it should have happened decades ago, but much like so many other issues in Washington, \u2014 entitlements [for example] \u2014 people are too scared to touch it. They think it\u2019s too controversial, too politically tough to get across the finish line. Quite frankly, the ones that are \u201ctoo tough to get across the finish lines\u201d are the ones we need to be addressing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But first, the GOP has to win the 2022 elections and prevent further damage during President Joe Biden\u2019s tenure, she said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I am very confident \u2014 very, very confident \u2014 that we will not only have that opportunity in November \u2026[and] that come January 2023, you are going to see a [GOP legislators\u2019] conference execute on an agenda in a more efficient, effective manner than people have ever seen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cammack is young. She grew up in Colorado and now represents an inland district in Florida.&nbsp;\u201cI come from a different perspective, being a millennial, having a little bit more of a longer-term approach and vision on this,\u201d said. \u201cIt\u2019s typically my generation today that deals with all of the decisions that Congress has made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She holds seats on the Homeland Security Committee and the Agriculture Committee, which is important to the agricultural producers in her district. her bio says:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Kat \u2026 grew up on a cattle ranch and she understands the hard work and determination it takes to run a small business, navigating labor challenges, interpreting regulation, and more. A proud alumnus of the Naval War College, Kat knows the issues and constituents of Florida\u2019s 3rd intimately, having served as the longtime former deputy chief of staff for the district prior to her election in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>An Obama-era program forced Kat\u2019s family to lose their cattle ranch in 2011, evicting them from their home and livelihood. After months of homelessness, Kat was motivated to fight back against the failures of big government and dedicated her life\u2019s work to becoming part of the solution in Washington. Representative Cammack fights for Florida\u2019s 3rd District to ensure no other family has to endure what hers experienced.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cammack spoke with Breitbart News about the multiple pressures on legislators \u2014 including her responsibility to help job seekers and blueberry-growing employers in her own district \u2014 within the nationwide migration chaos created by Biden\u2019s deputies.<\/p>\n<p>In the runup to the 2022 campaign, Republicans are developing draft legislation on border security for passage in 2023, she said.<\/p>\n<p>In the short term after the 2022 election, she said, the GOP will concentrate on the border chaos and the migrant inflow through the myriad loopholes being cut in the border by Alejandro Mayorkas, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.&nbsp;\u201cThere\u2019s absolutely the short term vision on this which everyone has talked about, \u201d she said, continuing:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We need to secure the borders. How do we do that? Well, I think the Republicans have a three-step plan that we will actually be able to get done [in 2023]. That includes a suite of different legislative options \u2014 we really do have a full slate of very good pieces of legislation that are common sense, that will fly through Congress.<\/p>\n<p>At that point, Biden will have to make a decision with all these various pieces of legislation sitting on his desk. Is he going to listen to the overwhelming calls from the American people to secure the border? Because at that point, they will have sent a very strong message by flipping the House \u2014 overwhelmingly \u2014 and the Senate \u2014 that they want to secure borders, and they do not like illegal immigration. He\u2019s going to have to make the decision if he\u2019s going to play ball. That is on him.<\/p>\n<p>But in addition to us sending these bills to his desk, we have the ability to put a pause on the purse strings, and we will absolutely bleed dry his legislative agenda, make him a lame duck, and redirect the resources to the border patrol agents and CBP and DHS in areas that they have been begging for resources. That is something that is absolutely well within our purview.<\/p>\n<p>But then the thing that I think is most exciting here in the short term that Republicans are going to do is \u2014 for the first time in a long time \u2014 we\u2019re going to hold people accountable. My eye in particular is on Secretary Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<p>He has lied to Congress. He has sat in front of my committee and told me three separate times on three different occasions that he believes that the border is secure and that there has never been better handling of this immigration crisis. We all know that that\u2019s not true. We know that the data and the statistics speak for themselves and he is someone who has repeatedly \u2014 and continues to this day \u2014 lie, mislead, and is putting people at risk because of his actions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"video-src-attr\">C-SPAN<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas is using his power in the agency to cut open more loopholes in the border, so he can quietly import more migrants without media coverage. \u201cJim Jordan and I \u2014 Jim being the incoming chairman of judiciary once we take the House back \u2014 both agree that this is a huge, huge priority,\u2019 Cammack said. \u201cWhen you have someone like Jim Jordan leading that committee, these loopholes will absolutely be exposed and we will be pushing back on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cammack is part of a business-based party whose leaders \u2014 including Rep. Kevin McCarthy and retiring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/11\/11\/report-gop-insiders-will-seek-to-demote-pro-amnesty-rep-john-katko\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rep. John Katko<\/a> \u2014 are loath to talk about the pocketbook impact of migration on Americans.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Such pocketbook debates and legislation could win swing voters \u2014 especially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2022\/01\/10\/former-steeltown-seeks-afghans-to-replace-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in heartland states<\/a> \u2014 and also deflate the Democrats\u2019 perpetual claims of \u201cRacism!\u201d But first, the GOP would have to alienate donors by campaigning on pro-American, wealth-shifting, lower-migration policies.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the GOP leadership has long used migration to boost the election-day turnout of their base voters with talk of illegal migration, amnesty, crime, chaos, and the border wall. \u201cBacking the border wall allows them to triangulate, telling voters they want to stop the flood of migrants while reassuring business that they won\u2019t stop them from hiring those who get through,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/01\/11\/jd-vance-might-just-have-an-ace-up-his-sleeve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> an op-ed by Henry Olsen at the <em>Washington Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When Republicans regain the House, we&#8217;ll get America back on track by<br \/>\u2192 Stopping the flow of drugs &amp; human trafficking on our border<br \/>\u2192 Making it easier to start &amp; grow a business in America<br \/>\u2192 Re-establishing America&#8217;s energy independence<br \/>\u2192 Passing a Parent\u2019s Bill of Rights <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V349kq90de\">pic.twitter.com\/V349kq90de<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader\/status\/1480224969300885510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The same don\u2019t-mention-the-migration-money policy is followed by GOP Senators. Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), the Senate GOP\u2019s 2022 campaign chief, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2022\/01\/11\/rick-scott-gop-will-take-back-control-of-house-senate-any-state-biden-won-by-less-than-10-points-a-battleground-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Fox News<\/a> on January 11:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I think we\u2019ll take back the House. I think we\u2019ll take back the Senate. Now, when we do, we have to govern. We have to say we\u2019re going to reduce taxes, reduce regulation, stop having government run our lives, secure our border. I mean, there are so many things we have to do, and you just can\u2019t imagine. Biden has been president for a year, and look at what has gone on. It is horrible for families across the country.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President George W. Bush\u2019s business-first GOP is gone. Instead, the GOP now zig-zags as GOP politicians frequently shift positions or dodge issues to avoid alienating voters or donors.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Breitbart News&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2022\/01\/13\/kevin-mccarthy-reaffirms-populist-promises-to-establishment-axios-readers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> January 13:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>GOP leader Kevin McCarthy used an interview with establishment outlet Axios.com to reaffirm his populist promises to Breitbart News of pro-American immigration, economic, and technology policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>On immigration:<\/strong>&nbsp;McCarthy reiterated to Axios his recent&nbsp;<a class=\"gtm-content-click\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/10\/exclusive-kevin-mccarthy-pledges-as-speaker-he-will-not-consider-amnesty-or-gun-control-legislation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pledge to Breitbart\u2019s Matt Boyle<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 that he\u2019ll not consider any legislation offering legal status to undocumented immigrants, preemptively ruling out comprehensive immigration reform,\u201d said the&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/mccarthys-plot-to-build-the-house-of-trump-df47ba09-12d9-4f38-aaa9-610af268c488.html?utm_campaign=organic&amp;utm_medium=socialshare&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">January 13 report<\/a>&nbsp;in Axios, which is headlined \u201cMcCarthy\u2019s plot to build the House of Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYes, more enforcement at the border, making life better for small businesses, securing American energy independence, and enforcing parental choice are good and absolutely necessary policy goals,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/13\/if-the-republican-party-refuses-to-learn-from-the-trump-era-winning-in-2022-will-mean-nothing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responded<\/a> Rachel Bovard, the&nbsp;policy director at the Conservative Partnership Institute. \u201cBut they also represent the absolute baseline expectations that voters should have from an even marginally competent Republican party,\u201d she wrote, adding:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Republicans need to present an actually compelling policy vision \u2014 one in which the party is prepared to deliver tangible policy relief to conservative voters who are beleaguered by a host of new threats, ranging from the large and impersonal forces of deindustrialization and globalization to the intensely local damage inflicted on families by the petty corporate tyranny of public health czars.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some Republicans are pushing that broader vision. Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), for example, has drafted bills to begin a pro-America, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/12\/09\/rep-banks-introduces-gop-bill-to-curb-fortune-500s-use-of-visa-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and pro-American<\/a>, immigration reform.<\/p>\n<p>Migration moves money, and so the federal government since at least 1990 has tried to extract people from poor countries so they can serve U.S. investors as cheap workers, government-aided consumers, and high-density renters in the U.S. economy.<\/p>\n<p>That&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2021\/12\/20\/washington-post-low-wage-employers-struggle-after-cheap-labor-bubble\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">economic strategy<\/a>&nbsp;is harmful to ordinary Americans: It cuts their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2021\/03\/12\/bloomberg-opts-h1bs-take-two-three-new-tech-jobs-each-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">career<\/a>&nbsp;opportunities and their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/04\/08\/elite-academics-hide-amnesty-wage-pain-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wages<\/a>&nbsp;while it also raises their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/06\/16\/new-yorks-mayoral-rivals-vow-cheap-housing-plus-more-migrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">housing costs<\/a>. The strategy also curbs Americans\u2019&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2020\/07\/11\/president-trump-wins-big-on-secret-meatpacking-robots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">productivity<\/a>, shrinks their political&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com+%22john+binder%22+%22demographic+change%22&amp;rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS946US946&amp;oq=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com+%22john+binder%22+%22demographic+change%22&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58.10228j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">clout<\/a>, and widens the regional wealth&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/13\/zuckerbergs-data-says-amnesty-gives-economic-windfall-coastal-democratic-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gaps<\/a>&nbsp;between the Democrats\u2019 coastal states and the GOP\u2019s heartland states. The economic policy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/01\/survey-elite-imposed-migration-is-transforming-national-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">radicalizes<\/a>&nbsp;their democratic, compromise-promoting civic&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/search\/?s=%22white+supremacy%22#gsc.tab=0&amp;gsc.q=%22white%20supremacy%22&amp;gsc.page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">culture<\/a>, and allows wealthy elites to ignore&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diseases_of_despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">despairing Americans<\/a>&nbsp;at the&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JorgeAl49986803\/status\/1439791277571145737?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">bottom of society<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/03\/30\/harvard-harris-poll-5-in-6-americans-want-to-end-immigration-from-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wide<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2021\/01\/14\/poll-americans-want-companies-hire-americans-before-migrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">variety<\/a>&nbsp;of little-publicized&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/04\/13\/ipsos-poll-nearly-8-in-10-americans-want-immigration-moratorium-for-u-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polls<\/a>&nbsp;do&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/08\/05\/poll-swing-voters-hugely-oppose-2020-democrats-promising-more-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">show<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2020\/04\/24\/poll-trumps-opponents-applaud-his-jobs-for-americans-immigration-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deep<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2017\/01\/31\/poll-shows-public-support-trump-migration-poicy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">broad<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2020\/05\/28\/business-poll-backfires-shows-public-wants-less-migration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposition<\/a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/11\/16\/exit-polls-3-in-4-voters-want-less-immigration-during-and-after-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">labor migration<\/a>&nbsp;and the inflow of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2020\/08\/06\/ipsos-poll-public-opposes-migrant-workers-by-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">temporary<\/a>&nbsp;contract workers&nbsp;into jobs sought by young U.S. graduates. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2021\/03\/05\/survey-americans-underestimate-quiet-public-opposition-to-legal-migration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposition<\/a>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2021\/12\/16\/pro-migration-groups-accelerate-hate-campaign-against-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">growing<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/12\/10\/only-41-percent-voters-trust-republicans-immigration-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-establishment<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2020\/04\/29\/washington-post-poll-hispanics-are-the-strongest-opponents-of-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multiracial<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2020\/07\/11\/poll-suburban-women-strongly-back-donald-trumps-migration-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cross-sex<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/09\/24\/survey-hispanic-americans-most-opposed-to-illegal-immigration-defunding-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">non-racist<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2018\/04\/27\/study-black-working-class-opposes-mass-migration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">class-based<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/02\/22\/poll-democrat-sex-split-visa-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bipartisan<\/a>, <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USTechWorkers\/status\/1377363222005575680?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rational<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2021\/05\/11\/harvard-poll-swing-voters-want-biden-to-embrace-trumps-border-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">persistent<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/01\/22\/rasmussen-poll-liberals-and-wealthy-welcome-caravan-migrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recognizes<\/a>&nbsp;the solidarity that Americans owe to each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American people hate Biden\u2019s immigration policies, but<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/12\/10\/only-41-percent-voters-trust-republicans-immigration-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> they distrust the Republican Party<\/a> because the GOP continues to ignore the pocketbook issue of immigration\u2019s impact on American wages,\u201d one migration activist told Breitbart News. He continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The winning issue [for the GOP] is to highlight the reality that legal and illegal immigration at high levels in the workforce is just as much of a threat to the well-being of American voters as the border crisis \u2026 It will be a missed opportunity for the GOP to not highlight the need to tighten immigration restrictions as part of the 2022 campaign cycle. The Republicans will lose their legitimacy to make a real claim in 2024 if they only focus on the border in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the 2022 campaign, Cammack does emphasize the poll-tested talking points pushed by GOP leaders.<br \/>\u201cThe American people are so overwhelmed today with crisis after crisis after crisis. You can\u2019t turn on the news, you can\u2019t walk down the street without a reminder of the failures of this administration \u2026 We need to have a very succinct message and plan that we put forward,\u201d she told Breitbart News:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We all know that this administration has turned every town in America into a border town. When you look at what illegal immigration does, it\u2019s not just what\u2019s happening at the border, it\u2019s what\u2019s happening in our communities: More adults today have died from fentanyl than they have from cancer. That is a direct tie back to what is happening at the southwest border. The fentanyl that has been pouring into our communities is killing people at historic, record rates.<\/p>\n<p>When you look at the crime that is taking place, we in my own district, in my own region, we\u2019ve had homicides, we\u2019ve had burglaries, we\u2019ve had assaults, we\u2019ve had rapes, and we can pinpoint back to when people have been dropped off in the middle of the night and they have gone to ICE \u2014 ICE had to release them because they\u2019ve been directed to \u2014 and local law enforcement can\u2019t detain them because they are at risk for getting sued for unlawful detention. So there\u2019s the crime element that continues to permeate throughout.<\/p>\n<p>Then you look at the economics of it. Illegal immigration inputs a direct strain on our healthcare system because a lot of people end up using hospitals as primary care. And you look at the education system \u2014 many of our schools are having to hire teachers that speak Spanish because these [foreign] kids are being put into classrooms with no resources and no ability to speak English. So you can look at it from many different directions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The pro-American migration activist responded:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>If they only focus on the border issue and [do not talk about] the economic harm that immigration causes on the American workforce, then there will be no incentive [in 2023] to pass any form of legislation to force a [presidential] veto, or to force tough votes [on Democrat legislators]. Then once the presidential campaign cycle kicks in [during 2023], the donor class will take over [the GOP leadership] and the [immigration pocketbook] narrative will be completely shut down.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is the election cycle to make a point on legal immigration [and] illegal immigration harming the American pocketbook,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida GOP Rep. 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