'What We Don't Want Is Cruelty': Mike Levin Calls Out Stephen Miller Over His Immigration Policy

On "Forbes Newsroom," Congressman Mike Levin (D-CA) spoke about the Big Beautiful Bill's border security provisions.

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00:00And billions from this legislation are going to be going to border security

00:05and enacting President Trump's immigration policies. Speaker Mike Johnson said that this

00:10bill would secure the border. What do you make of that funding? Well, I think that we all want

00:16border security, but what we don't want is cruelty. We don't want people who are contributing

00:22positively to our society and our economy who are doing everything the right way towards

00:29trying to live their American dream. And just as my grandparents came to this country

00:35for a better opportunity and better work opportunities, safer places to live, I think

00:45that we want criminals out of this country. We want people who are in gangs or dealing drugs or

00:53involved in any sort of violent criminal activity or other criminal activity. We want them out.

00:59But that's far different from what Stephen Miller and people like him are talking about. Stephen

01:04Miller is saying that they want a quota of 3000 deportations a day. And we currently lack the

01:12capacity to do anywhere near that. So I worry that the idea here is to go after people who

01:18are contributing positively to our economy and our society. It's something we're already seeing

01:24in our communities. And for me, the American dream is all about being able to come from

01:31other parts of the world and work hard, play by the rules and do great in the United States.

01:37And I particularly worry when we are discouraging the future entrepreneurs, the future scientists and

01:45engineers, people that we know are going to lead the way in technology and innovation. I want them to come to

01:51the United States and to grow the next great company and to create all those jobs, all that opportunity

01:57and all that innovation here in the United States. And I do worry that we're losing our way.