An Arizona sheriff testified before the House Committee on Homeland Security, arguing that proposals for a wall on the southern border with Mexico are inherently racist unless a similar barrier is built on the US-Canada border.
An Arizona sheriff told House lawmakers Wednesday a proposal for a wall on the southern border has a 'racist component' to it unless a wall is built on the United States' border with Canada as well. Testifying before the House Committee on Homeland Security on the border crisis, Santa Cruz County Sheriff David Hathaway explained how immigrants have a positive economic effect during an inquiry from Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. 'They actually reduce price inflation.
His remarks came as he sat next to the mother of Rachel Morin, who was allegedly killed last year in Maryland by an illegal immigrant from El Salvador. TOP HOUSE COMMITTEE SHREDS BIDEN-HARRIS ADMIN ON BORDER CRISIS IN NEW REPORT: ‘ASSAULT ON THE RULE OF LAW’ 'An illegal immigrant that was a gotaway from El Salvador had waited for her on the trail. I was told that they grabbed her, dragged her through the woods, raped her, strangled her, murdered her,' Patty Morin told lawmakers.
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