General Kelly is no stranger to the problems we face along the
southern border. As the commander of U.S. Southern Command, he is
familiar not only with immigration challenges, but with drug
trafficking. While I am grateful that he has not subscribed to the
singular approach that President Trump has thus far proposed with
respect to constructing a wall along our southern border, I am deeply
concerned that he has admonished so-called sanctuary cities and has
testified that accelerating the deportation of undocumented immigrants
will provide the solution to our broken immigration system. These views
are not supported by the facts, and they are contrary to the work
undertaken by the Senate just 4 years ago to comprehensively address
these problems. I am also concerned about his tenure as the military
officer in charge of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, given
reports that he opposed its closure and limited press access to the
facility.
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