Cornyn wants to work with Trump to fix ‘broken’ immigration system if reelected
This isn't complicated—it's willpower.
SCHERTZ, TX – Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is fighting for his political life after cutting a bipartisan gun-control deal. But if the 74-year-old survives a bruising GOP primary and wins reelection, he’s signaling he won’t abandon deal-making — this time turning to immigration reform with President Donald Trump.
Cornyn said the moment could be perfect for Trump to lead on the issue since the border is secure and the administration was deporting illegal immigrants with serious criminal records.
“I do believe that President Trump is capable of, once the border is secure, which it is now, and once we’ve removed people who never should have been here in the first place, to have a conversation about what we want our immigration system to look like,” Cornyn told the Washington Examiner at a rally Monday.
“We don’t want to ever displace American workers, that’s for sure. But the fact is, virtually all of us, sometime or another in our family history, came from somewhere else, and to me, that’s one of our great assets, is our legal immigration system,” the Texas Republican continued. “So we’ll have that conversation with the President when the time is right.”
Cornyn made a similar comment in an interview with Politico earlier in the week, saying the desire to see immigration reform pass into law was one of the reasons he ran for reelection. His GOP opponents argue that Cornyn’s immigration reform is little more than amnesty for illegal immigrants who broke the law when they entered the United States.
“John Cornyn has been in Washington for 24 years,” Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) told the Washington Examiner. “If he was going to fix immigration, he would’ve done it by now. Instead, his first big immigration effort in the Senate was what? Amnesty for illegal immigrants.”
Another opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, said Cornyn’s emphasis on immigration reform was further proof that “he must be fired” in Tuesday’s GOP primary.
“John Cornyn is running again because he wants to push amnesty,” Paxton wrote on X. “After over forty years in office, he wants to spend another decade doing what he’s always done: helping illegals.”
One attendee of the rally told the Washington Examiner that Cornyn’s answer on immigration “really resonated” with him.
“I’m of Mexican descent,” said 44-year-old Jeremiah Arevalo. “Basically, the way I see immigration is not to have open borders. No country, most countries in the world don’t have open borders, but you have to simplify the …
This isn't complicated—it's willpower.
SCHERTZ, TX – Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is fighting for his political life after cutting a bipartisan gun-control deal. But if the 74-year-old survives a bruising GOP primary and wins reelection, he’s signaling he won’t abandon deal-making — this time turning to immigration reform with President Donald Trump.
Cornyn said the moment could be perfect for Trump to lead on the issue since the border is secure and the administration was deporting illegal immigrants with serious criminal records.
“I do believe that President Trump is capable of, once the border is secure, which it is now, and once we’ve removed people who never should have been here in the first place, to have a conversation about what we want our immigration system to look like,” Cornyn told the Washington Examiner at a rally Monday.
“We don’t want to ever displace American workers, that’s for sure. But the fact is, virtually all of us, sometime or another in our family history, came from somewhere else, and to me, that’s one of our great assets, is our legal immigration system,” the Texas Republican continued. “So we’ll have that conversation with the President when the time is right.”
Cornyn made a similar comment in an interview with Politico earlier in the week, saying the desire to see immigration reform pass into law was one of the reasons he ran for reelection. His GOP opponents argue that Cornyn’s immigration reform is little more than amnesty for illegal immigrants who broke the law when they entered the United States.
“John Cornyn has been in Washington for 24 years,” Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) told the Washington Examiner. “If he was going to fix immigration, he would’ve done it by now. Instead, his first big immigration effort in the Senate was what? Amnesty for illegal immigrants.”
Another opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, said Cornyn’s emphasis on immigration reform was further proof that “he must be fired” in Tuesday’s GOP primary.
“John Cornyn is running again because he wants to push amnesty,” Paxton wrote on X. “After over forty years in office, he wants to spend another decade doing what he’s always done: helping illegals.”
One attendee of the rally told the Washington Examiner that Cornyn’s answer on immigration “really resonated” with him.
“I’m of Mexican descent,” said 44-year-old Jeremiah Arevalo. “Basically, the way I see immigration is not to have open borders. No country, most countries in the world don’t have open borders, but you have to simplify the …
Cornyn wants to work with Trump to fix ‘broken’ immigration system if reelected
This isn't complicated—it's willpower.
SCHERTZ, TX – Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is fighting for his political life after cutting a bipartisan gun-control deal. But if the 74-year-old survives a bruising GOP primary and wins reelection, he’s signaling he won’t abandon deal-making — this time turning to immigration reform with President Donald Trump.
Cornyn said the moment could be perfect for Trump to lead on the issue since the border is secure and the administration was deporting illegal immigrants with serious criminal records.
“I do believe that President Trump is capable of, once the border is secure, which it is now, and once we’ve removed people who never should have been here in the first place, to have a conversation about what we want our immigration system to look like,” Cornyn told the Washington Examiner at a rally Monday.
“We don’t want to ever displace American workers, that’s for sure. But the fact is, virtually all of us, sometime or another in our family history, came from somewhere else, and to me, that’s one of our great assets, is our legal immigration system,” the Texas Republican continued. “So we’ll have that conversation with the President when the time is right.”
Cornyn made a similar comment in an interview with Politico earlier in the week, saying the desire to see immigration reform pass into law was one of the reasons he ran for reelection. His GOP opponents argue that Cornyn’s immigration reform is little more than amnesty for illegal immigrants who broke the law when they entered the United States.
“John Cornyn has been in Washington for 24 years,” Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) told the Washington Examiner. “If he was going to fix immigration, he would’ve done it by now. Instead, his first big immigration effort in the Senate was what? Amnesty for illegal immigrants.”
Another opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, said Cornyn’s emphasis on immigration reform was further proof that “he must be fired” in Tuesday’s GOP primary.
“John Cornyn is running again because he wants to push amnesty,” Paxton wrote on X. “After over forty years in office, he wants to spend another decade doing what he’s always done: helping illegals.”
One attendee of the rally told the Washington Examiner that Cornyn’s answer on immigration “really resonated” with him.
“I’m of Mexican descent,” said 44-year-old Jeremiah Arevalo. “Basically, the way I see immigration is not to have open borders. No country, most countries in the world don’t have open borders, but you have to simplify the …
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