From Daily Caler: Democratic congressional candidate, Justin Pearson, wouldn’t support deporting a single illegal alien when pressed by Scott Jennings during a Friday segment on CNN.
Pearson, the current Democrat representing Tennessee’s 86th District in the State House of Representatives, spoke on a CNN panel about the need to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
“We have to abolish ICE. We have to abolish the Customs and Border Patrol in the way that they currently exist and replace them with something that actually does the work that we need for them to do, which is why we need a Congress that works,” Pearson stated.
“What work is that, by the way?” Jennings interrupted.
Pearson said the agency’s work is not supposed to be killing American citizens.
Jennings asked again for Pearson’s understanding as to what ICE and Border Patrol do.
Pearson instead listed what the agencies should not be doing.
Jennings asked him if the U.S. needs an agency that is dedicated to deporting illegal aliens.
“Do we need a federal law enforcement agency to deport illegal aliens, yes or no?” Jennings asked.
“We do need a federal law enforcement agency that deals with immigration that doesn’t kill people. What we do also need is laws that make sure that people who are undocumented…” Pearson said, but Jennings cut him off again, asking, “Is there a single illegal alien that you would deport?”
“This is what I want you to focus on. There are a lot of people in this country, in our communities, that have done so much to make them better, and we need to be prioritizing opportunities,” Pearson declared.
Jennings cut him off once more, asking, ”Is this the Democratic position of ’26?”
“The Democratic position in ’26 is that we don’t terrorize American citizens, we don’t terrorize undocumented people, and we don’t kill people like Alex Pretti and Renee Good,” Pearson answered.
“No deportations. That’s the Democratic position,” Jennings stated later.
Watching Scott Jennings destroying a DEI Democratic state Representative from Tennessee on CNN is a million times better than watching the Super Bowl! 👏 pic.twitter.com/9aROlFb0z1
— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) February 21, 2026
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