Rep. Delia Ramirez to Biden: Further Militarizing the Border Is Not the Answer to Immigration

Democratic Congressmember Delia Ramirez of Illinois praises President Biden for proposing a path to citizenship in his State of the Union address on Tuesday for the millions of undocumented immigrants in the country. My problem is the militarizing of the border," she adds. Ramirez, who delivered a response to the State of the Union speech on behalf of the Working Families Party, says compassion should be at the center of the debate on immigration. People are escaping poverty. People are escaping death," she says.