Senator Ruben Gallego

Good people in, bad people out, right?

And so people that have criminal records, people that have, you know, are a danger to society, not just to, you know, the immigrant community, but to everybody else.

And then lastly, a flexible and responsive immigration system, right?

Because there is going to be times where we are going to need more immigrants to come and do work, do jobs.

And sometimes when we don't need immigrants, I think it's okay as a country to say, you know what?

At this point right now, we don't need as many immigrants.

We're going to lower the amount of immigrants and visas that we're giving out, right?

That's where Americans are extremely rational on this.

It's the politicians, I think, that have really gone one way or the other.

It's either absolutely nothing or absolutely everything.

And I think that's just not a winning message, nor is that where I am, and nor is where most Americans are.

Especially, by the way, where most Latinos are.

Because if you actually ask somebody...

what that means, it's different for everybody else.

If you ask somebody, do you think we still need to have a deportation force in this country?

Almost 80% of Americans would say, yes, we need a deportation force because you're going to have to deport bad people, right?

The question that we have to ask ourselves is like, what is a proper force?

What are the rights they have?

How big should they be, right?

And so-