Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Md., is concerned about the wall proposal, particularly if Trump treats it as a substitute for more comprehensive reforms.
“This country is in desperate need of immigration reform, reform that focuses on how do we strengthen our economy, how do we protect families, and how do we ensure our national security,” Brown said. “One wall doesn’t do it.”
He supports a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and he suggested immigration policy should be geared toward covering gaps in the workforce that Americans cannot fill.
“What we shouldn’t focus on, and what I’m afraid the president is focused on, is breaking up families, deputizing local law enforcement to comb the streets in our communities to find families to deport,” Brown said. “That’s scary, that’s dangerous, and that’s the kind of policy that we need to oppose here in Congress.”
