Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, told Newsmax on Tuesday that Americans are sick of Democrats weaponizing the immigration system against them while working to undermine President Donald Trump’s enforcement agenda.

Appearing on “Ed Henry: The Big Take,” Gill said Democrats have gone from backing “defund the police” rhetoric to embracing what he called an open-borders ideology that puts illegal immigrants ahead of American citizens.

“The first thing that we’re seeing is Democrats fighting to defund ICE and CBP Border Patrol,” he said. “We’re fighting right now to ensure that we can refund and make sure that the people who are keeping our communities safe are actually getting paid and are doing it in a way that keeps them safe.”

Gill, who led a hearing on abuses of U.S. immigration policy, said Democrats are also exploiting a legal designation that is meant to provide limited, short-term relief from deportation.

“What you also see is Democrats who are pursuing things like Temporary Protective Status, which is a legal status meant to be temporary, to give a temporary reprieve for specific reasons from deportation,” he said. “They’re using [it] to weaponize as a type of de facto amnesty.”

According to the congressman, Democrats have not stopped there.

“They’ve weaponized our legal system to go after really any type of immigration enforcement that the Trump administration has pursued,” he said. “I think the American people are sick of it.”

Asked whether immigration could hurt Democrats in the midterms, Gill said it will be a major factor because voters see the contrast between the two parties.

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