Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), whose state has been at the forefront of former President Joe Biden’s illegal immigration crisis, signaled over the weekend that he does not support President Donald Trump deporting illegal aliens back to their home countries.
Kelly made the remarks during an NBC News interview on Sunday on “Meet The Press” when asked about ICE agents carrying out routine immigration raids.
“Do you support what you are seeing so far, the deportation plan, as it’s been carried out by the president?” asked host Kristen Welker.
“Yeah, I don’t,” Kelly said. “For a number of reasons. It seems to be more about intimidation of a big population of people. It’s going down the road of mass deportation, which he said he would do, which would rip communities apart. These are really bad ideas.”
“It’s all about scaring and intimidating people,” he said. “It’s…
