Sen. Ruben Gallego considers a 2028 presidential run: ‘We have to look at it’

On the latest major issues, Gallego said he rejected the “abolish ICE” message that many Democrats are now espousing.

“If you talk to working-class Latinos, we’re very, unfortunately, we have too much experience with immigration. We know there needs to be an immigration force that deports bad people. We want bad people out. We want bad people stopped from getting in illegally,” Gallego said.

“We do need to reform it,” he continued. “We need to right-size it. We need to pen it in to make sure that it’s not being abusive. But this idea that there’s not going to be an immigration enforcement mechanism this country is ridiculous, because that’s never going to happen.”

On Israel, Gallego said he disagreed with those who have said they’d oppose defensive money for the country, including for the Iron Dome missile defense system.

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