{"id":2584837,"date":"2026-03-28T08:58:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-state-senator-admits-how-democrats-prioritize-illegals-in-resurfaced-clip\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T09:00:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T13:00:57","slug":"blue-state-senator-admits-how-democrats-prioritize-illegals-in-resurfaced-clip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-state-senator-admits-how-democrats-prioritize-illegals-in-resurfaced-clip\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue State Senator Admits How Democrats Prioritize Illegals in Resurfaced Clip"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fblue-state-senator-admits-how-democrats-prioritize-illegals-in-resurfaced-clip%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=2584837&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--><p>An article examining resurfaced commentary and related events in U.S. immigration politics. It highlights Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy stating that Democrats prioritize undocumented Americans and that the party\u2019s long-standing immigration strategy has failed, a point tied to disputes over funding for the department of Homeland security and ICE enforcement. the piece notes lawmakers\u2019 calls for stricter ICE measures after lethal incidents linked to groups opposed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-nominate-texas-sheriff-to-lead-ice\/\" title=\"Biden to Nominate Texas Sheriff to Lead ICE\">federal immigration enforcement<\/a>,and situates the discussion within the 2024 campaign\u2019s focus on illegal immigration following several crimes attributed to undocumented migrants. It references examples such as a Maryland murder linked to an undocumented Salvadoran migrant and other criminal cases, as well as President Trump\u2019s 2025 executive orders designating certain gangs and cartels as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-consider-enacting-statute-to-increase-punishments-for-domestic-terrorism\/\" title=\"Lawmakers consider enacting statute to increase punishments for domestic terrorism\">foreign terrorist organizations<\/a>, which Democrats seek to block. The article also mentions remarks by Rep. Yvette Clarke about using immigrant communities for redistricting, and includes standard Disclaimers about content provenance and licensing.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Connecticut Democrat Sen. Chris Murphy openly admitted that the people his party cares about &ldquo;the most&rdquo; are illegal aliens, in an interview clip from 2024 that resurfaced this week.Democrats have filibustered to prevent funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over their objections to immigration enforcement operations, leading to a partial shutdown of the Cabinet department.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers are demanding new restrictions be placed on United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good in January during clashes with &ldquo;rapid response groups&rdquo; opposed to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal immigration enforcement operations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the resurfaced clip that went viral on Monday, Murphy told MS NOW host Chris Hayes during a 2024 interview that the Democratic party&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/everything-that-has-flipped-since-harris-took-over-the-ticket-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Everything that has flipped since Harris took over the ticket - Washington Examiner\">strategy hasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t been working for the group they &ldquo;care about most.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Chris, that&rsquo;s been a failed play for 20 years. So, you are right 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,&rdquo; Murphy said while discussing his party&rsquo;s efforts on immigration during the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Long a signature issue of President Donald Trump, illegal immigration became a prominent issue in the 2024 campaign after a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-male-migrant-center-to-open-up-just-feet-away-from-school-no-one-told-us\/\" title=\"All-Male Migrant Center to Open Up \u2018Just Feet Away\u2019 from School: \u2018No One Told Us\u2019\">crimes involving illegal immigrants<\/a>. Authorities in Oklahoma arrested 23-year-old Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, for the August 2023 murder of 37-year-old Rachel Morin in Maryland on June 14, 2024.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Authorities in Houston arrested two men June 20, 2024, and charged them with capital murder in the rape and murder of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray. In February 2024, Jose Antonio Ibarra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, was arrested by University of Georgia police and charged with murdering 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley.<\/p>\n<p>Trump issued multiple executive orders to address illegal immigration on Jan. 20, 2025, including one that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/designating-cartels-and-other-organizations-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations-and-specially-designated-global-terrorists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">designated<\/a> the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua (TdA), the El Salvadoran prison gang MS-13 and Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. Democrats have fiercely opposed Trump&rsquo;s efforts to crack down on illegal immigration, filing multiple lawsuits to block his orders.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic New York Rep. Yvette Clarke said during an Oct. 7, 2021, House Foreign Affairs Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/o0GJ8OZWIpY?si=8D5Jx6vG73EQKFDL&amp;t=5128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hearing<\/a> that resurfaced in a January 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1744344100797628632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post<\/a> on X from the EndWokeness account before <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1947661094023217613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">circulating<\/a> again in July 2025 that she was eager for immigrants to enter the United States to help Democrats with redistricting.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m from Brooklyn, New York,&rdquo; Clarke said during the hearing. &ldquo;We have a diaspora that can absorb a significant number of these migrants and that, you know, when I hear colleagues talk about, you know, the, the, the doors of the inn being closed [and] no room in the inn, I, I&rsquo;m saying, you know, I, I need more people in my district just for redistricting purposes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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Chris Murphy saying that the group his party cares about most are undocumented immigrants. Democrats blocked funding for the Department of Homeland Security over disagreements with immigration enforcement, resulting in a partial DHS shutdown. Some lawmakers want new limits on ICE after deadly incidents involving groups opposed to federal enforcement. 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Democrats opposed these orders and filed multiple lawsuits to block them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A 2021 House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing remark by Democratic Rep. Yvette Clarke about immigrants helping with redistricting resurfaced in 2024 and again in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Note: The article content is presented as originating from the Daily Caller News Foundation, with their licensing and attribution guidelines referenced<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2584838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7350.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[75826,3685,3813,5894,76717],"class_list":["post-2584837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-blue-state-2","tag-democrats","tag-immigration","tag-politics","tag-resurfaced-clip"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7350.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2584837"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2584841,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584837\/revisions\/2584841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2584838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2584837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2584837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2584837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}