Democratic Lawmaker Calls Out Party For Being 'scared' To Offend Immigration Groups

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., called retired nan Democratic Party successful an question and reply connected Thursday for being "scared" to offend immigration groups arsenic they navigate nan issue.

"The Republicans are fomenting anti-immigrant dislike arsenic a argumentation and a strategy, and Democrats are truthful frightened of offending either migration groups aliases group to nan near of them — possibly they’re successful a primary, they are concerned astir saying: ‘No, not everyone gets to beryllium here. Not everyone has nan correct to unrecorded successful nan United States, and we, for illustration each different state successful nan world, get to cognize who and what is coming crossed our borders,’" Slotkin told The New York Times successful an interview.

Slotkin based on that astir Americans work together that immigrants are integral to nan American economy, but they want immigrants to travel present legally and done "vetted channels."

"That benignant of clamping down pinch rules tends to make a batch of my Democratic colleagues really nervous," she added.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., rehearses nan Democratic consequence to President Donald Trump's reside to a associated convention of Congress connected March 4, 2025, successful Wyandotte, Michigan.   (Photo by Paul Sancya - Pool/Getty Images)

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"There’s been a batch of ink spilled astir defense groups that don’t look to correspond a batch of voters. We saw that in existent clip successful this past election, erstwhile nary 1 had a bigger plaything toward Trump than Latinos. Some of these groups were trotting astir Washington saying they correspond nan migrant community, and they intelligibly did not," Slotkin said. 

Slotkin besides said she thought Democrats had mislaid their "alpha-energy."

The Michigan legislator said "alpha-energy" was astir emotion. 

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., speaks connected shape during nan last time of nan Democratic National Convention astatine nan United Center connected August 22, 2024, successful Chicago, Illinois. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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"We respond to people’s symptom pinch a agelong database of wonky policies," Slotkin continued. "Alpha power is synonymous pinch being bold. Call nan reliable play, return a risk, beryllium bold. And don’t beryllium truthful damn frightened of your ain shadow."

Slotkin delivered nan charismatic consequence to President Donald Trump's reside to a associated convention of Congress successful March.

She criticized Trump's overseas argumentation and called for "responsible" ways to make changes to nan government.

President Donald Trump gestures arsenic he boards Air Force One astatine Morristown Municipal Airport successful Morristown, N.J., Sunday, July 6, 2025, en way to Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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"We each want an extremity to nan warfare successful Ukraine, but Reagan understood that existent spot required America to harvester our subject and economical mightiness pinch civilized clarity," Slotkin said aft Trump's address. "As a Cold War kid, I’m thankful it was Reagan and not Trump successful agency successful nan 1980s. Trump would person mislaid america nan Cold War."