Sen. Fetterman hopes Democrats know ‘it isn’t xenophobic’ to worry about border, says party should ‘engage’

Sen. John Fetterman , D-Penn., said that he hopes Democrats know that it “isn’t xenophobic” to be worried about the southern border and argued that the Democratic Party should engage in debates about it.

“I hope Democrats can understand that it isn’t xenophobic to be concerned about the border,” Fetterman told Politico . “It’s a reasonable conversation, and Democrats should engage.”

Fetterman cited the near 270,000 border encounters in September, according to the outlet, and said it was “astonishing.”

“You essentially have Pittsburgh showing up there at the border,” he added.

Fetterman added that he wouldn’t support any legislation that put Dreamers in “harms way,” Politico reported.

Senate Republicans blocked billions of dollars in additional security aid to Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific, including Taiwan, on Wednesday and called on President Biden to focus on funding for the southern border.”Legislation that doesn’t include policy changes to secure our borders will not pass the Senate,” McConnell told GOP senators to vote against the legislation. “The situation unfolding at our southern border on President Biden’s watch is a crisis of historic proportions.”Fetterman acknowledged immigration was a complicated issue, and said he doesn’t know anyone who has come up with an easy solution. BORDER PATROL STOPS RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON TERROR WATCH LIST AT SOUTHERN BORDER “I haven’t met anyone that can have a really crisp, cogent solution or easy solution on, ‘Well, what do you do when you […]

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