FIRST ON FOX: us-regionsSenate candidate Bernie Moreno has picked up the endorsement of the National Border Patrol Council — giving a boost to the Colombian-born Republican who is making immigration a top priority on his platform.
“Bernie Moreno has the backs of our members and has a plan to secure the border,” Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, said in a statement. “We need allies in Washington who will do what it takes to protect our border, ensure the safety of our members, and stop illegal immigration” target=”_blank”>immigration<
“Bernie Moreno has our full endorsement,” he said.
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“If you want to solve a problem, you’ve got to talk to the people who are on the front lines of that problem and observe it hands-on for yourself,” he said.
Moreno, himself an immigrant who arrived in the U.S. legally from Colombia with his family as a boy, says it is “deeply offensive” for someone who came to the U.S. legally to watch those breaking immigration law be rewarded. He stressed that the crisis not only hurts Americans by rewarding lawbreaking and allowing in drugs but also the migrants themselves.
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Should he get to the Senate, he said he would have no problem calling out not only Democrats but also Republicans who say one thing in public but do another in the chamber — and that he would immediately work to push through policy changes to help Border Patrol agents.
“It’s wrong that we’ve let our Border Patrol agents suffer like this with no backup and terrible policies,” he said. “These guys aren’t asking for more money, not even more manpower, they’re just asking for good policy.”
Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
