How bad are Democrats fearing how the immigration issue is going to play out for them once Covid-era Title 42 measures are lifted at the border?
This bad:
I just spent two days at our southern border, and it’s clear we need to make more investments in personnel, technology, and physical infrastructure to secure our border.
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— Sen. Maggie Hassan (@SenatorHassan) April 11, 2022
It is not uncommon to see politicians talk tough on border security during an election year. But it is revealing that Senator Maggie Hassan, a Democrat facing reelection this year in New Hampshire, felt the need to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas and Arizona, and then shoot a video in which she says she is trying to push the Biden administration into putting stronger measures in place ahead of the expiration of Title 42, or delay the move to lift it. She calls for more personnel, technology, and repairing gaps in “physical infrastructure” (just don’t call it a “wall”).
While the race is generally seen as leaning in Hassan’s direction after Republicans missed out on their top recruit, she is clearly feeling the heat. It’s telling that she felt the need to do this. Remember, John McCain was running as a Republican in a border state when he recorded his famous “Complete the Danged Fence” ad — incidentally from the same spot (Nogales, Ariz.) in which the Hassan video was shot.