Moderator Lisa Sylvester: Onto our next issue. And that is illegal immigration. It has been a problem in the United States for decades. But it is now spiking. US Customs and Border Protection just released numbers from fiscal year 2022. They show more than 2.7 million total enforcement actions in the US.
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That is the most ever. Mr. Oz beginning with you. Republican governors in the South had been sending migrants to democratic run cities and states without a plan or without any coordination. It is certainly gaining a lot of attention. But is it an effective way to deal with the influx of migrants you have 60 seconds
Dr. Oz: we have a catastrophe at the border and we should not have sanctuary cities as John Fetterman has tried to introduce but I’ve been into the parts of Philadelphia and Allentown and Reading where we have large Latino populations. I understand the challenges of the of the border. My father was an immigrant, my mother were immigrants, and I understand what legal immigration offers us but the completely porous open nature of our border, which John Fetterman supports, has created a humanitarian crisis with cartels profiting, with human trafficking operations, they take the money, they buy narcotics from China, and bring that into our country and it’s making every state a border state.
Pennsylvania is already a border state because we’re top three in the country in fentanyl overdoses, please I can’t go anywhere where I’m giving any big event where I don’t meet multiple people who say their personal lives had been destroyed because of fentanyl overdoses yet John Fetterman not only wants an open border, not only supports sanctuary cities, but he wants to legalize all hard drugs in America including narcotics. That is, I mean, out of touch with everybody — that radical position was tried in Oregon, which he endorsed (bell rings) 50% Homicide increased rates.
Moderator Lisa: Oh, one moment I will give a 15 second rebuttal.
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Fetterman: That is again yeah, the Oz Rule, [Fetterman’s calling Oz a liar.] that It is just not true. You know, here is his family’s company was it was set levy the largest fine for immigration hiring of immigrate illegals Al and I think he should sit this one out about in terms of what a sort of a secure border.
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Moderator Lisa: All right we do have a follow up specifically for you Mr. Fetterman. Vice President Kamala Harris says the southern border is secure yet we are seeing an unprecedented number of migrants crossing. Is the border secure? And if not, what would you do to fix what both parties are calling a crisis? You have 60 seconds, Mr. Fetterman.
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Fetterman: You know, I believe that I believe that secure border is can be compatible with compassion. I believe we need a comprehensive and bipartisan solution for immigration. That’s what I believe. I don’t ever recall in the Statue of Liberty Did they say, you know, you know, take our tired huddled masses and put them on a bus and use cheap political stunts about them. I believe we have to develop a comprehensive and bipartisan solution to address our issue here for immigration here in our nation.