Hillary Clinton Says Migration 'Went Too Far' at Munich Panel
At the Munich Security Conference, Hillary Clinton said migration 'went too far' and urged secure, humane border enforcement while acknowledging debate is legitimate.
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Hillary Clinton told a Munich Security Conference panel that migration 'went too far,' calling it 'disruptive and destabilizing' and urging secure, humane borders.
She said the debate over migration is legitimate and said borders must not 'torture and kill people,' framing enforcement as both secure and humane.
Clinton's remarks marked a shift from earlier positions that included support for President Barack Obama's deferred-enforcement actions, opposition to family detention, and her 2018 criticism of family separations.
Coverage noted that monthly border crossings have plummeted under President Trump's second term compared to data under the Biden administration, and one report cited ICE capacity at 92,600 beds with a $38.3 billion expansion.
She spoke on a panel titled 'The West–West Divide: What Remains of Common Values,' and her comments drew renewed attention to immigration as a central policy issue.
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Hillary Clinton stated that migration 'went too far,' describing it as 'disruptive and destabilizing,' and called for fixing it 'in a humane way with secure borders that don't torture and kill people.'
Unlike her 2016 campaign support for Obama's deferred enforcement actions, opposition to family detention, and 2018 criticism of Trump family separations, Clinton now advocates for secure borders and acknowledges migration went too far.
Clinton spoke on the panel 'The West–West Divide: What Remains of Common Values' at the Munich Security Conference.
Clinton noted that more people were deported under her husband Bill Clinton and Barack Obama 'without killing American citizens and without putting children into detention camps' than in Trump's first or early second term.
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