A Democrat lawmaker on Monday joined the chorus of Republicans upset with President Joe Biden’s immigration policies, saying his Texas district would be severely impacted. “We’re in the middle of a pandemic, but for thousands of people to be reaching our border in the middle of a pandemic in a disorderly fashion would be catastrophic to my district,” Rep. Vincente Gonzalez (D-Texas) said during an appearance on CNN, as border arrivals spike after dropping precipitously during the Trump administration. “I have lost over 3,000 citizens to COVID in my southern border district. I still have over a thousand border patrol officers, 500 custom agents, and a lot of front-line workers who still haven’t been vaccinated who are dealing with this population when they’re coming. We need to have a humane, compassionate way for people to ask for asylum in their home countries or their neighboring countries. And if they get …
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