Dem Rep. Malinowski: Wall Funding ‘The Most Painful Concession’ – I’d Need Comprehensive Reform to Consider That

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Representative Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) stated that funding a border wall would be “The most painful concession for me to make,” and that if he is going to consider that, “I need to see comprehensive immigration reform. I need to see an end to the cruelties of the last two years.”

Malinowski called for the president to “Reopen the federal government, at least for a month, so that we can negotiate without that gun to our heads. And at that point, things could get interesting.”

He added that if Democrats accept the deal the president offered, “every single change in immigration policy since 2016 would be in President Trump’s favor.”

Malinowski further stated he’d be willing to have a compromise where both sides make concessions.

He added, “The most painful concession for me to make, as a Democrat who ran against this kind of stupidity and fear, would be money for a border wall. If you want to — if you want me to consider something like that, I need to see comprehensive immigration reform. I need to see an end to the cruelties of the last two years. If President Trump wants border security on his terms, I’ve got to see America restored as a welcoming country of immigrants and refugees, not just protection for the DREAMers, who are but a small fraction of the victims of this president’s immigration laws.”

(h/t Grabien)

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