{"id":2092237,"date":"2023-11-06T18:33:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T23:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vying-for-vulnerable-house-seats-plot-tougher-immigration-policies-during-border-tour\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T18:35:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T23:35:01","slug":"republicans-vying-for-vulnerable-house-seats-plot-tougher-immigration-policies-during-border-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vying-for-vulnerable-house-seats-plot-tougher-immigration-policies-during-border-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP candidates for vulnerable House seats plan stricter immigration policies on border tour."},"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\">26<\/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%2Frepublicans-vying-for-vulnerable-house-seats-plot-tougher-immigration-policies-during-border-tour%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=2092237&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--><h2>Republican House Candidates Visit Yuma, Arizona to Address Border Crisis<\/h2>\n<p>Over \u200bthe weekend, several Republican House candidates competing\u200b in \u200ccompetitive districts made a visit \u200cto Yuma, Arizona. Their purpose was to tour the U.S.-Mexico \u2063border and meet \u2062with community officials\u2062 who \u200bare actively dealing with the\u2062 border crisis.<\/p>\n<p>These Republicans, hailing\u2063 from different states, are \u2063determined to flip seats currently held \u200dby Democrats. Their goal is to maintain and expand the GOP&#8217;s slim\u200b majority in the \u200clower chamber. Leading the\u2064 group\u2062 was Jonathan Lines, Vice Chairman of the Board \u2063of\u2063 Supervisors.<\/p>\n<p>The candidates expressed their \u2062strong opposition to President \u200dJoe Biden&#8217;s border\u200c policies and the current House members representing\u200d their districts.<\/p>\n<h3>New York Democrats Aim to Regain Control\u200c of the \u200bHouse<\/h3>\n<p>In New York, Democrats are \u200bhoping to\u200c regain control of the \u200cHouse by flipping as many as six seats won by Republicans in 2022. One of the candidates, Alison Esposito, recently \u200centered\u200c the race against Rep. Pat Ryan \u200b(D-NY).<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c influx of over \u200d100,000 immigrants into \u200cNew\u200c York City over the past year \u200chas caused disputes among local leaders. Both Democrats and Republicans have called on President Biden\u200b to provide more federal assistance.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Under President\u200d Biden and his far-left supporters in Congress, our border is nonexistent,&#8221; said\u200d Esposito,\u200c a \u2062retired NYPD officer. \u2064&#8221;Each day,\u200b more \u200dfentanyl and illegal migrants flood our borders, \u200dthreatening our national security. It is long\u200d past due for the\u2063 president, Secretary \u200bMayorkas, and\u2062 the so-called border czar Kamala Harris to \u2063stop lying\u2064 to the American people by saying the border is secure and do their job. Enough\u200c is enough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier this year, Rep. Ryan and\u2063 Rep. Mike Lawler \u2062(R-NY) called\u2062 on the federal \u200dgovernment to declare a state of emergency for New York\u2062 due to the immigrant surge. Ryan has\u200d supported bipartisan\u200c actions to address the\u200d issue and combat the\u200b flow of fentanyl into the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve been \u200cclear since day one: we have \u200ba crisis at the border,&#8221; Ryan\u2064 stated. &#8220;I led a\u200d bipartisan call for \u2064the President to declare a state of emergency, and am fighting for pragmatic solutions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vying-for-vulnerable-house-seats-plot-tougher-immigration-policies-during-border-tour\/\" title=\"GOP candidates for vulnerable House seats plan stricter immigration policies on border tour.\">including allowing asylum seekers<\/a> to work and bolstering border \u200bsecurity \u2062to stop the flow of fentanyl into our communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Republican \u200bCandidates Across the Country Speak Out<\/h3>\n<p>Republican candidate Joe Teirab, a former federal prosecutor and Marine Corps veteran, launched his House bid in\u200c October. He aims to unseat Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) \u2064in Minnesota&#8217;s most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-monica-de-la-cruz-hernandez-i-will-give-south-texas-hispanics-proper-representation-in-congress\/\" title=\"Exclusive\u2014Monica De La Cruz-Hernandez: I Will Give South Texas, Hispanics Proper Representation in Congress\">competitive congressional district<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The border crisis doesn\u2019t only impact communities along our southern \u2063border, but communities all\u2062 across the country \u2064and \u2062Minnesota,&#8221; Teirab emphasized.\u200b &#8220;Angie \u2064Craig and Joe Biden have failed the American people by refusing to secure our border \u2062and allowing endless flows of illicit fentanyl, methamphetamine, and human trafficking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Rob Mercuri, a Republican state representative, is running \u200bagainst Rep.\u2064 Chris\u200c Deluzio (D-PA) in Pennsylvania&#8217;s only competitive House seat. Mercuri strongly criticized President Biden&#8217;s leadership and \u2063border stance.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The\u2063 Biden\u200d administration&#8217;s failure to\u2064 secure our southern border has created a humanitarian and national security crisis, and Chris Deluzio seems to \u2064be ignoring it,&#8221; \u200dMercuri asserted. &#8220;As\u200b a veteran who\u2063 fought to\u2064 protect\u2064 our country on two tours, what I \u200csaw was hard to \u2063believe. The open border is allowing drugs, human trafficking, and gang and terrorist violence into our country. President Biden and Chris Deluzio need to wake up and get serious about border\u200b security.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Retired 17th Circuit Court Judge Joe McGraw is competing in\u200c Illinois&#8217;s\u2064 swing district \u200ccurrently held\u200b by Rep. Eric Sorensen\u200d (D-IL).\u2063 McGraw supports building a border wall while advocating for a reformed pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I am running\u200b for\u200b Congress to restore\u2062 law and order because Joe\u2064 Biden and Eric Sorensen\u2019s open \u200bborders policies have made every single state a border state,&#8221; McGraw\u200b declared. &#8220;The scourge of fentanyl and \u2062other \u2062lethal narcotics is\u200c tearing Illinois families apart while everyday citizens are being forced to bear the cost \u2063to take care \u200bof millions of illegal migrants. It\u2019s wrong and Illinois families deserve someone who\u200b is going\u200c to fight for them\u200c and their safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Sorensen has expressed support for significant immigration reform and providing resources\u200d to local communities dealing with the influx of immigrants.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We need to make sure that we&#8217;re solving the\u200c crisis at the \u200cborder,&#8221; Sorensen emphasized. &#8220;We need\u2064 to make sure\u200d that we \u200bknow every person that&#8217;s\u200b crossing \u200cthe\u200b border, and we have \u200dto secure it. That also means that\u200d we&#8217;re securing the ability for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-prioritize-border-security-amid-dem-amnesty-push\/\" title=\"GOP prioritize border security amid Dem amnesty push\">migrant farm workers<\/a> to achieve the visas \u200cthat \u2064they need.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Washington Examiner reached \u200bout to the\u2063 campaigns\u2063 of Rep. Craig, \u200cRep. Deluzio, and Rep. Sorensen for comment.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What specific \u2063actions \u200chas the current administration \u200btaken to address the border crisis, according to the Republican\u200b candidates?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ticized\u200d the\u2064 current administration&#8217;s handling\u200d of the border\u2062 crisis and expressed his commitment to securing the border and protecting American communities.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The Biden administration has shown a complete disregard for the safety and security of\u2064 our communities. We need a\u2062 strong leader who will\u2062 prioritize border security and put an end\u200c to the illegal\u2063 immigration crisis that is plaguing\u200c our \u2064country,&#8221; Mercuri \u2062stated. &#8220;I will fight tirelessly to\u200d secure our borders, support our law \u200benforcement, and ensure\u200b the safety of \u200bevery American.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These Republican candidates&#8217; visit to Yuma, Arizona, highlights their commitment\u2062 to addressing the border crisis and holding the current\u200c administration accountable \u200dfor its policies. The tour allowed them to observe firsthand the\u200b challenges faced by border communities and\u2063 engage with local officials who are working tirelessly \u200bto manage the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The candidates emphasized the urgent\u200d need for\u2062 effective \u200cborder security\u200d measures \u2063and the importance of preventing illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and human \u2063trafficking. They called on President Biden, Secretary Mayorkas, and Vice President Harris to take immediate \u2064action and address the\u2062 growing crisis at the border.<\/p>\n<p>With the midterm \u2064elections approaching, these Republican \u2063candidates are focused\u2062 on raising awareness about the border crisis and its impact on communities across \u2064the\u2062 country. They aim to rally support from voters \u2063who are concerned about national security, public safety, and the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>As the race \u2064for control of the\u2063 House intensifies, these candidates will continue to highlight \u200ctheir positions on immigration and border security, differentiating themselves from their Democratic opponents. They believe that securing the border and effectively addressing\u200b the border crisis are essential for the safety and \u2063well-being of all Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately,\u200c the \u200dRepublican candidates&#8217; \u2063visit to Yuma, Arizona, serves as a reminder that the\u200c border crisis is a significant issue that requires urgent attention and action. They\u200c are committed to being strong advocates for their districts\u200b and ensuring \u200cthat\u2064 the border is\u200b secure, our communities\u2062 are protected, and the rule of law is upheld.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several Republican House candidates visited Yuma, Arizona, to tour the U.S.-Mexico border and meet with officials addressing the border crisis. 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