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Being up for re-election certainly focuses the mind on what is needed. But the voters of New Hampshire shouldn't trust her and should vote her out come November.
It’s usually Republicans making pilgrimages to the border wall to register displeasure with President Biden’s immigration policy, but Sen. Maggie Hassan, New Hampshire Democrat, made the trip this month, recording a video in front of the fence and igniting a firestorm within her party.
Ms. Hassan, who is running for reelection this year, said Border Patrol agents told her they needed three things: more people, more technology and, most controversially, restarting wall construction. As she described it, filling “certain gaps in physical barriers along the border.”
It was a significant breach of party orthodoxy, but Ms. Hassan is far from alone.
At least a half-dozen Democratic senators up for reelection this year have blasted Mr. Biden’s decision to end Title 42, the pandemic border emergency policy that allows the government to immediately expel some illegal immigrants because of COVID-19 risks. Those Democrats say the president’s team has no plan to deal with the half-million migrants that the Homeland Security Department says could rush the border once Title 42 officially ends next month. “They’re worried, and they realize this Title 42 was the straw that broke the camel’s back,” said Rep. James Comer, a Kentucky Republican who made a trip to the border this month and confirmed the sense that illegal border crossings will get even worse when the policy ends.
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It’s usually Republicans making pilgrimages to the border wall to register displeasure with President Biden’s immigration policy, but Sen. Maggie Hassan, New Hampshire Democrat, made the trip this month, recording a video in front of the fence and igniting a firestorm within her party.
Ms. Hassan, who is running for reelection this year, said Border Patrol agents told her they needed three things: more people, more technology and, most controversially, restarting wall construction. As she described it, filling “certain gaps in physical barriers along the border.”
It was a significant breach of party orthodoxy, but Ms. Hassan is far from alone.
At least a half-dozen Democratic senators up for reelection this year have blasted Mr. Biden’s decision to end Title 42, the pandemic border emergency policy that allows the government to immediately expel some illegal immigrants because of COVID-19 risks. Those Democrats say the president’s team has no plan to deal with the half-million migrants that the Homeland Security Department says could rush the border once Title 42 officially ends next month. “They’re worried, and they realize this Title 42 was the straw that broke the camel’s back,” said Rep. James Comer, a Kentucky Republican who made a trip to the border this month and confirmed the sense that illegal border crossings will get even worse when the policy ends.
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Democratic senator calls for border wall construction, exposes rift over Biden policies
Usually it’s Republicans making pilgrimages to the border wall to register displeasure with President Biden’s immigration policy, but Sen. Maggie Hassan, New Hampshire Democrat, made the trip herself earlier this month, recording a video in front of the fence and igniting a firestorm within her...
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