{"id":1030189,"date":"2024-03-19T20:45:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T20:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1030189"},"modified":"2024-05-10T19:44:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T19:44:55","slug":"donald-trump-wants-maga-conspiracy-theorist-vivek-ramaswamy-to-lead-the-department-of-homeland-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/donald-trump-wants-maga-conspiracy-theorist-vivek-ramaswamy-to-lead-the-department-of-homeland-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Wants MAGA Conspiracy Theorist Vivek Ramaswamy to Lead the Department of Homeland Security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to <\/em>reporting<\/em><\/a> that Vivek Ramaswamy could be Donald Trump\u2019s Homeland Security secretary,<\/em> DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s first term immigration agenda was an inhumane catastrophe, defined by a racist Muslim ban, horrifying images of children in cages, and a cruel policy of systematically ripping families apart. Now, if given the chance in a second term, he\u2019s promising to go even further \u2013 and he wants far-right conspiracy theorist Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the charge as head of the Department of Homeland Security. If Ramaswamy is known for anything, it\u2019s pushing a cruel immigration agenda that includes mass deportations, ending the constitutional right to birthright citizenship, and taking away resources from our military to pursue political stunts. The American people want solutions, not fear mongering and hatred. Trump and Ramaswamy are pushing an extreme MAGA agenda that would do nothing to secure our border or fix our immigration system.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vivek Ramaswamy\u2019s immigration agenda includes his extreme and possibly unconstitutional plan to end birthright citizenship and deport American-born children of undocumented immigrants.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramaswamy<\/a>: \u201cI want to be very clear about this. I think that birthright citizenship does not and should not apply to the kids of parents who entered this country illegally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cRepublican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says that as president, he would deport American-born children of undocumented immigrants. \u2018The family unit will be deported,\u2019 said Ramaswamy when asked by NBC News if the deportations would include American-born children, after a packed town hall here Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramaswamy has even pushed for redirecting resources away from our military to the southern border.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bret Baier<\/a>: \u201cMr. Ramaswamy, you would not support an increase of funding to Ukraine?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramaswamy: \u201cI would not and I think that this is disastrous that we\u2019re protecting against an invasion across somebody else\u2019s border when we should use those same military resources to prevent across the invasion of our own southern border here in the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramaswamy wants to mass deport entire families. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interviewer<\/a>: \u201cYou said you want to deport the entire family unit of undocumented immigrants.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramaswamy: \u201cYes, entire family unit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramaswamy wants to eliminate the H-1B visa system for skilled workers, even though his own company frequently utilized and benefited from the program.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramaswamy<\/a>: \u201c[The H-1B system is] bad for everyone involved. \u2026 The lottery system needs to be replaced by actual meritocratic admission. It\u2019s a form of indentured servitude that only accrues to the benefit of the company that sponsored an H-1B immigrant. I\u2019ll gut it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cGOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has vowed to \u2018gut\u2019 the system for H-1B temporary worker visas if he wins the White House. It\u2019s the very system he\u2019s used in the past to hire high-skilled foreign workers for the pharma company that built much of his wealth. From 2018 through 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services approved 29 applications for Ramaswamy\u2019s former company, Roivant Sciences, to hire employees under H-1B visas, which allow U.S. companies to employ foreign workers in tech and other specialized jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Department of Homeland Security was established in the wake of 9\/11 \u2013 meanwhile, Ramaswamy has repeatedly entertained dangerous 9\/11 conspiracy theories.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cRamaswamy: I \u2018don\u2019t believe\u2019 the 9\/11 Commission report\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cVivek Ramaswamy suggests \u2018the truth\u2019 about 9\/11 is still unknown\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fox News<\/a>: \u201cVivek Ramaswamy on 9\/11: ‘I don’t believe the government has told us the truth\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cWhile visiting the Sept. 11. memorial Monday in Lower Manhattan, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said he stands by the comments he had made regarding the terrorist attacks in a recent interview. \u2018So today\u2019s not the day to talk about the comments I made, which I stand by. But it is important to have a government that tells the truth to its people, that people can trust, and trust its people back,\u2019 he said while attending the Fire Department of New York\u2019s pipe and drum tribute at Station 10.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to reporting that Vivek Ramaswamy could be Donald Trump\u2019s Homeland Security secretary, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: \u201cDonald Trump\u2019s first term immigration agenda was an inhumane catastrophe, defined by a racist Muslim ban, horrifying images of children in cages, and a cruel policy of systematically ripping families apart. 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