“Democrats have to understand that we do have to have—borders do mean something,” he said.
Axelrod then asked the former attorney general, who served under then-President Barack Obama, what he thinks about proposals by 2020 Democratic presidential candidates to decriminalize illegal border crossings and make them into a civil offense.
“No, I don’t think that’s right. I mean, the law that is on the books has been there for about 100 years or so,” Holder said.
“Would it send the wrong signal to decriminalize?” Axelrod asked.
“It might send the wrong signal. But it would certainly take a tool away from the Justice Department that it might want to use,” Holder said.
“I don’t support open borders. Without secure borders, we don’t really have a country,” Gabbard told Rubin. “And while some of the other Democratic candidates will say, ‘Well, open borders, that’s a conservative argument, and that’s not really what’s being advocated for,’ if you look at some of the practical implications of some of the things they are pushing for, it is essentially open borders.”
Gabbard went on to provide suggestions for immigration reform.
“One is we’ve got to have secure borders. This is not Trump’s wall from sea to shining sea.”
“It’s about seeing again what makes sense. I look at things from a practical, objective-oriented standpoint. I’m a soldier. So I look at what’s our objective: Secure the borders. In some places, it may make the most sense to have a wall or some kind of physical barrier in place. In other places, it won’t make sense. So you use technology and you use all the other tools that you have ultimately to accomplish that objective of security at the borders,” she said.
“Despite the Democrats wanting very unsafe Open Borders & refusing to change the Loopholes & Asylum, tremendous progress is being made [at] the Southern Border,” Trump wrote. “We all waited because we assumed the Dems would ultimately be forced to change the horrible Immigration Laws. They didn’t!”