Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) blasted former President Donald Trump for playing a Sci-Fi dystopia Precog, saying that it's utter lunacy to claim it's a certainty that migrants will turn terrorists and attack the homeland.
"I live in an area that has a lot of migrants in Colorado," the lawmaker, who late last year announced he's not running to retain his House seat, explained during an appearance on CNN's "Out Front" with Erin Burnett.
"There are a lot of very good, hard-working people that come across the border," he continued. "I would like them to do it legally. I would like our legal immigration system to work better."
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Buck brought up some ways President Joe Biden has faltered in stemming the wave of undocumented migrants he claims are freely crossing into the country and overwhelming authorities.
"I would like to say that there are plenty of laws on the books that can be enforced," said Buck. "President Biden could have kept 'Remain In Mexico' strategy that President Trump had."
"He could have agreements with Guatemala , Honduras, and El Salvador. I want to see more legislation and legislation that's effective."
And yet, Buck slams Trump's continued rhetoric attacking the people coming to the U.S. as incendiary.
The 45th president on Saturday attended Big League Dreams Las Vegas where he told the crowd that he was prepared to side with Texas after the Supreme Court ordered federal law enforcement to remove erected razor wire.
"And there's a 100% chance there will be a major terrorist attack in the United States, or many attacks maybe," he said. "And it's all because of what's happening in the last three years."
"When I'm president, instead of sending Texas a restraining order, I will send them reinforcements."
That kind of talk riled Buck.
"To say or imply in some way all the people coming across are criminals is absolute nonsense and it's political rhetoric that shouldn't be used," the lawmaker stressed. "I do believe we need to enforce the laws we have better. And I believe we need additional laws to give the executive branch more power."
