EXCLUSIVE: President Biden’s fortify in the closely Hispanic border areas of Texas is crumbling as the migrant crisis continues to aggravate and benefits unlawful immigrants over American voters, former Republican Rep. Mayra Flores informed Fox News Digital throughout a up to date interview.
Flores, who’s operating to reclaim her former seat in Texas’ thirty fourth Congressional District from Democrat Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, warned that as “thousands and thousands” of migrants proceed to pour into America’s border cities, crime is emerging and the bitter financial prerequisites dealing with the rustic are taking a more difficult toll on U.S. voters residing in the ones spaces as a result of cash that may be used in native communities are as a substitute being spent at the lots getting into the rustic.
“This is the poorest area in the nation and yet the funding is being used for the humanitarian crisis. And we’re not getting that money back for the people of South Texas,” Flores stated. “If this issue is hurting New York tremendously, the biggest city in the country, and the mayor of New York says it’s going to destroy New York, well, what makes them think that small little towns here in South Texas can withstand thousands and thousands of migrants crossing illegally every single day?”
Noting the eye-popping selection of migrants getting into the rustic in a unmarried day, Flores stated crime may be emerging as a result of the criminals making the most of being in a position to enroll in the floods of other folks crossing the border.
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Former Republican Texas Rep. Mayra Flores and President Joe Biden. (Getty Images / File)
“Two weeks ago, I was in Brownsville with a group of 50 women that had voted for Biden in 2020. Not a single one is voting for Biden in 2024 – not one out of the 50 women,” she stated. “I asked [them], ‘Why are you not voting for President Biden in 2024?’ And they said, because of the economy – 80% said that the economy situation is what’s moving them to vote Republican in 2024.”
“But a huge majority also said because of the humanitarian crisis. They feel that the people that are coming in are being prioritized and not people that have been here for a long time. They’re also Americans, but many of them have been here for 20, 30 years and feel that they’re being ignored and that their needs are not being addressed,” she stated.
“People that are crossing illegally into our country are getting all the help that they need while [Hispanic voters are] struggling to pay their rent, bring food to the table, get to work every single day. Gas is very expensive. So, they’re they’re looking at that. And that’s why they’re moving every single day towards the Republican Party,” she added.
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Flores argued that it wasn’t simply the border crisis and its have an effect on at the economic system that has citizens in the region moving towards supporting Republicans, “values” subject as neatly. Citing Democrat threats to “parents that don’t support gender ideology,” she stated fears that youngsters might be taken out of houses with oldsters pushing again towards such insurance policies is every other giant explanation why for the break up towards the GOP.
Then-Rep. Mayra Flores, R-Texas, speaks on the Conservative Political Action Conference, Aug. 5, 2022, in Dallas. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)
She stated many of us to whom she spoke did not know a lot concerning the Republican presidential race and the applicants vying for the nomination, that almost all of them have been viewing the 2024 race as between Biden and previous President Donald Trump.
“Every single one of them said that they were voting for [Trump]. Of course, they’re supporting me, but they are also supporting him, even though some say, ‘I’m not a huge fan. But when he was the president, we had a strong economy. And I remember being able to make ends meet every single month,'” she stated.
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When requested about Hispanic citizens’ attitudes towards Trump and whether or not their votes may well be the deciding issue in a hypothetical matchup between Trump and Biden, Flores stated she “absolutely” thinks Hispanic citizens are going to present Trump the win.
“I really do believe that just because just in my district alone, I have seen overwhelming support towards him. And it’s because they remember what it was like before Biden. They didn’t know what would happen when they elected Biden, and now they do,” she stated.
Migrants wait in line to go into El Paso, Texas, beneath the watch of the Texas National Guard on May 10, 2023. (AP Photo / Andres Leighton / File)
Flores, who was once defeated through Gonzalez in the 2022 midterms, stated she determined to run once more as a result of she is “not done fighting for the people of South Texas.”
“I love my community, and things are getting a lot worse than last year. I really didn’t think that things were going to get worse, but things are getting worse, not just here at the border but also with the economy. And I just love my community very much. And I just can’t give up on our community. And that’s the reason why I will always continue to fight for this area,” she stated.
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If elected, Flores stated, one in every of her primary focuses could be on preventing kid intercourse trafficking and hanging a forestall to the U.S. being a best marketplace for it.
“I want to change that. I don’t want us to be a part of that list,” she stated. “I think it’s important that we work together to end child sex trafficking. And it’s something that I’m very passionate about.”
Former President Donald Trump (Julie Bennett / Getty Images / File)
“Under this administration, they’ve lost track of 87,000 children. We don’t know where these children are. And I want to focus on finding where these children are and send them back to their families, to their loved ones, and stop the trauma that many of them are going through right now and the abuse that they’re going through,” she added.
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