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On Wednesday's broadcast of "CNN News Central," Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) argued that Democrats do need to be stronger on the border, and the fear | Clips

On the border and an orderly process of migrants not coming at the numbers they were. the numbers crossing now are under the capability and capacity of cbp. having said that, i continue to urge my colleagues to report a bill i filed called the safe zone act that creates safe zones in places like central america and around the world for migrants to show up and claim asylum at that juncture and not force them to walk 1500 miles to our southern border. that does several things. one, it takes the pr...

Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) on Monday voiced his support for extending a Trump-era and GOP-backed immigration policy expected to end on Thursday, saying he wants to ensure a "smooth transition" as officials warn of record numbers of migrant crossings.

It would resume construction of the border wall, and ngos helping migrants, what do you think of this bill? well, i was against the lifting of title 42, but we do need to have a humanitarian bill at the same time. we need to continue funding ngos, we need to continue creating processing centres far from the border. i have been creating the safe zone act, kind of like our green zone, but the safe zone , 1000 — 2000 miles away from the border, where some seekers can go and process asylum there, ...

Interdicted on our border, how theyre being processed. so it was a very effective trip for the president. also you have to remember, secretary mayorkas was with us. he has traveled along the border. hes very knowledgeable and hes briefing the president regularly. we -- he had three members of congress and myself and two others with him. so weve been able to brief him on what weve been dealing with and i talked about the safe zone act which is another proposal on top of the administration to try ...

Program for migrants south of the border to come up and process at that juncture, very similar to what they do in my district. this is done in partnership with other countries. have them process their asylum claim 1500 miles from the southern border. it takes the pressure off our border, one, and allowing border patrol and law enforcement to do their job and it takes the cartel element out of it as well. these migrants that show up to my border are paying between $6,000 and then $8,000 a head to...

Regularly. >> would it have helped to have a republican there? >> republicans were there on the ground. people that we talked to. donald trump used to come regularly to me border. he never invited me along. so that just happens. but we always work in a bipartisan way. this bill that im talking about the safe zone act is a bipartisan bill and well continue reaching across the aisle and talking to our republican friends. >> so in terms of the bill, so currently under current u.s. immigration law, ...