Democrats Want to Turn Polling Places into Sanctuaries for Criminal Illegal Aliens: Barrasso [WATCH]

Sen. John Barrasso criticized Senate Democrats on the floor of the United States Senate, accusing them of advancing demands he said are designed to protect illegal immigrant criminals and hinder immigration enforcement.

“I just heard the Minority Leader come to the floor and speak about his ballooning list of demands, demands that are designed to protect illegal immigrant criminals. That’s what this is about. This is the discussion right now on the floor of the United States Senate, Democrats have come up with a Christmas list of demands, demands designed to appeal to their radical base,” Barrasso said.

Barrasso said the “growing list of Democrat demands makes it almost impossible to remove dangerous illegal immigrants from the streets of our nation.”

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He added, “Democrats are resisting even the most reasonable attempts to enforce our immigration laws. They don’t want us law enforcement, to enforce the immigration laws of this nation. That’s what they are for getting rid of those laws.”

He continued, “The more we learn about the demands coming from the minority leader in that party, the less the normal American citizen likes them, and that’s especially if you’re concerned about any safety or any security in the community in which you live, or the neighborhood or the streets of your of your community.”

Barrasso referenced a previous demand related to judicial warrants.

“So last week, I spoke about the one Democrats dangerous demand for requiring something called judicial warrants. Now it may sound like a technical change. It is not. It is a dramatic change, and it would grind immigration enforcement to a halt. You know it would do, it would lock in place the chaos that Joe Biden and the Democrats foisted upon this country with their wide open border policy.”

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He added, “Democrats’ preference is to release illegal immigrants who are criminals right onto our streets.

They prefer that over holding them until immigration officials can come to pick them up if they’ve been arrested.”

Barrasso also addressed what he described as a new demand to ban immigration enforcement at certain locations.

“So I’m going to take a look at one of the specific demands that the Democrats have come up with, and it’s a new demand. Haven’t seen this one before, because they want to ban immigration enforcement from their so called sensitive locations, the so called sensitive location defined by the Democrats, which in the past have included places of worship, hospitals, schools, now They want to include in that list, polling places.”

“Well, let’s think about that. It’s an entirely new provision. Polling places have never been included on any list like this before, and Democrats are now including them because they want to turn America into a sanctuary country and polling places into a sanctuary location. That’s what the Democrats are demanding,” he said.

Barrasso questioned the reasoning behind including polling places.

“So let me ask Democrats a simple question, why do you want to protect illegal immigrant criminals at polling places? What are they doing at polling places? They shouldn’t be at US polling places. Why would we be there? Why in the world would they be there if they are not trying to vote, and by law, they’re not allowed to vote.”

He added, “Illegal immigrants aren’t allowed to vote in federal elections. Sometimes Democrats will say that, but it’s not what they want. Democrats seem fixated on protecting illegal immigrant criminals at polling places, yet Democrats energetically oppose common sense policies to protect the integrity of the ballot.”

Barrasso said, “The integrity of the ballot, it is a vital right of American citizenship, the sanctity of the ballot. Democrats oppose photo IDs to vote. Need one to check out a book in the library. You need one to get on a plane, you need one to buy a beer. But the Democrats don’t want you to have to produce a photo ID to vote, which is a sacred right of citizenship.”

He continued, “They believe it disadvantages them to have just citizens vote, and they support banning immigration enforcement at polling places. It’s astonishing that. That’s how far to the left the socialist, driven Democrat Party has moved. Illegal Immigrants shouldn’t be at polling places of the illegal immigrant criminals, and they shouldn’t be roaming our communities. They need to be arrested and removed from the country.”

Barrasso linked the debate to the funding deadline for the Department of Homeland Security.

“The deadline that Democrats have demanded to fund the Department of Homeland Security is Friday, three days from now. Department of Homeland Security budget is $90 billion Immigrations and Customs Enforcement is 11% of that Democrats are risking America’s safety, over 11% of the Department of Homeland Security budget.”

He said the remainder of the budget funds other agencies and functions.

“The rest of the budget goes to other critical functions that American people depend upon and need right now, and that’s because it funds FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster relief, as our nation is trying to still deal with the effects of a recent storm, it funds TSA to help keep Americans safe when they fly. It funds the Coast Guard to stop the flow of drugs and what’s been coming across to our shores from foreign countries. It funds the cyber security and infrastructure security agency to protect our nation from cyber attacks and more.”

Barrasso outlined what he described as two options for Democrats. “So this week, Senate Democrats have a choice to make. Option one, fund the Department of Homeland Security two. Option two, Democrats can once again side with the radical left and force a shutdown of the vital services to the American people. And why do they want to do that to protect illegal immigrant criminals? If Democrats choose option two, it will force a shutdown to protect illegal immigrants. The consequences to the American people will be painful.”

He concluded, “We’ve done 11 of the 12 appropriations bills. We have funded 96% of the government, and the Democrats said, Nope, we’re not going to fund that vital function of the government, because that’s the demand of the ladder of the radical left. Republicans are ready to vote to keep America safe, and we’ve been ready for weeks, to the point, weeks ago, the House of Representatives passed a bipartisan appropriations bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Senate Democrats had agreed to what was in the bill, then the Democrats flip flopped, and they did it. Why? Because of the cries from the radical left, the people that are calling the tune for that party, Democrats were for it before they were told to be against it. Democrats need to start protecting the American people and stop protecting illegal immigrant criminals. It’s that simple. But today, Democrats on this floor, we just heard it from the Minority Leader, continue to be the party of open borders and illegal immigrants.”

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