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Democratic governors and mayors are pledging strong opposition to enforcing Trump’s 2024 border security mandate.
Two governors and their allies have formed groups—Governors Safeguarding Democracy and Governors Action Alliance—to resist Trump’s immigration enforcement plans.
“I’m going to do everything that I can to protect our undocumented immigrants and our society if someone were to come in and forcibly take our [migrants] away from us,” co-founder Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who boasted of being a billionaire real-estate investor during the Democratic National Convention, told MSNBC.
Pritzker made it clear in his interview that he would not cooperate with mass deportations of illegal immigrants in coordination with the Trump administration:
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says he will not cooperate with Trump’s plan to deport illegal migrants.
“In Illinois that’s not something we would condone…that’s just not something we’re going to accept.”
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) November 14, 2024
“The fear is he’s talking about going after law-abiding [migrants] … who are working as construction workers or in ag[riculture] or in the hospitality industry,” Gov. Jared Polis, the wealthy Democratic governor of Colorado who co-founded the group, told CPR.ORG, “Obviously, it would devastate our economy.”
“Every tool in the toolbox has got to be used to protect our citizens, to protect our residents and protect our states,” Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey told MSNBC on November 8. “We all recognize that there is going to be a lot of pressure on states and state officials.”
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey doubles down on protecting illegals from deportation under Trump:
Maura Healey: “As a Governor, what we hope the president elect prioritizes is fixing the border. He had an opportunity to do that a year ago, instead he blew that up.
We’re… pic.twitter.com/wynCG6Hsmz— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) November 12, 2024
The governors argued that illegal migrants benefit influential employers and businesses, despite the heavy costs on ordinary Americans due to Biden’s 9 million migrant influx. Democratic-led states like New York welcome migrants as they help mask challenges in education, innovation, wages, and economic growth.
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