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i don't want to become confrontational
but we need more senate republicans to
join the overall majority of democratic
colleagues and
close the loopholes required in
background check purchases of guns
we need a ban on assault weapons in
high-capacity magazines
don't tell me it can't be done we did it
before and it worked
talk to most responsible gun owners and
hunters
they'll tell you there's no possible
justification for having 100 rounds
and a weapon
what do you think deer wearing kevlar
vests
what's they'll tell you that they're too
many people today
who are able to buy a gun but shouldn't
be able to buy a gun
these kinds of reasonable reforms have
overwhelming support from the american
people including many gun owners
the country supports reform those and
congress should act
this shouldn't be a red or blue issue
and no amendment to the constitution is
absolute
you can't yell fire in a crowd of
theater
from the very beginning there were
certain guns
weapons that could not be owned by
americans
certain people could not own those
weapons
ever we're not changing the constitution
we're being reasonable i think this is
not a democrat or republican issue i
think it's an american issue
and here's what else we can do
immigration has always been essential to
america
let's end our exhausting war over
immigration
for more than 30 years politicians have
talked about immigration reform
and we've done nothing about it it's
time to fix it
on day one of my presidency i kept my
commitments and a comprehensive
immigration
bill to the united states congress if
you believe we need to secure the border
pass it because it has
a lot of money for high-tech border
security
if you believe in a pathway to
citizenship pass it
it's over 11 million undocumented folks
the vast majority of here
overstaying visas pass it
we can actually if you actually want to
solve a problem
i've sent a bill to take a close look at
it
we have to also have to get at the root
problem of why people are fleeing
particularly this
to our southern border from guatemala
honduras and el salvador
the violence the corruption the gangs
the political instability hunger
hurricanes earthquakes
natural disasters when i was president
my president when i was vice president
president asked me to focus on providing
help needed to address the root causes
of migration
and it helped keep people in their own
countries instead of being forced to
leave
the plan was working but the last
administration decided it was not worth
it
i'm restoring the program and asked vice
president harris to lead our diplomatic
effort to take care of this
i have absolute confidence to get the
job done
now look if you don't like my plan
let's at least pass what we all agree on
congress needs to pass legislation this
year to finally secure protection for
dreamers
the young people have only known
america as their home
and permanent protection for
immigrants who are here on temporary
protective status who came from
countries
that set by man-made and natural made
violence and disasters
as well as the pathway to citizens or
farm workers who put food on our tables
look
immigrants have done so much for america
during this pandemic
and throughout our history the country
supports immigration reform
we should act let's argue over it let's
debate it
let's act