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Talarico vs. AOC: Have Democrats learned to back strong borders?

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Post Editorial Board. (2026, November 14). Talarico vs. AOC: Have Democrats learned to back strong borders? New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/11/13/opinion/talarico-vs-aoc-have-democrats-learned-to-back-strong-borders/

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This analysis argues that the Democratic Party faces a critical test regarding border security as a new migrant caravan begins its journey from Mexico. The author highlights a growing internal divide, contrasting "border-security Democrats" like James Talarico and Josh Turek, who admit to the Biden administration's failures, against leftist members like Delia Ramirez and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who advocate for more open borders. The piece takes a critical stance on the party's leadership, suggesting that the Biden administration's "radical" policies caused electoral harm and asserting that the new generation of Democrats must prioritize strong enforcement to regain public trust.
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Joining border moderates like Pennsylvania’s Sen. John Fetterman and Washington’s Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, this is plainly the wise political call: America wants secure borders with strong, competent enforcement, not Biden-style “wave them in” policies.
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Will Democrats moderate on border security?
2026-11-14 · New York Post
Talarico vs. AOC: Have Democrats learned to back strong borders? · assertive framing

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Will Democrats moderate on border security? asserted
Democrats → moderate → security
One early post-election test will be the migrant caravan, the third since September, now getting underway in Mexico. asserted
test → get → Mexico
Some Dems now explicitly admit that President Joe Biden failed. asserted
Biden → admit → ?
Biden “failed us during his administration by not securing the border,” said Texas Sen.-elect James Talarico on the campaign trail, calling himself a “border-security Democrat.” asserted
Talarico → fail → himself
“The Biden administration had it wrong,” charged Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar; Iowa’s Sen.-elect Josh Turek said Trump did a “better job” on the border than Biden. asserted
Trump → have → Biden
Joining border moderates like Pennsylvania’s Sen. John Fetterman and Washington’s Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, this is plainly the wise political call: America wants secure borders with strong, competent enforcement, not Biden-style “wave them in” policies. asserted
America → join → them
But other Democrats refuse to admit either the disaster itself or the electoral harm it did the party in 2024. asserted
it → refuse → 2024
Leftist Rep. Delia Ramirez (Ill.), for one, wants not only to abolish ICE but CBP and the entire Department of Homeland Security as well. asserted
Ramirez → want → Security
Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed wants drivers’ licenses for illegals, insisting, “we owe it to the world to open our doors”; New York’s Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a possible 2028 presidential front-runner, has long advocated for open borders under the guise of respecting the rights of asylum seekers (which most illegal migrants lack any legitimate claim to be). uncertain
migrants → want → claim
And this wing of the party has only grown more confrontational these last two years, with violent resistance to ICE enforcement — the 24/7 protests, illegal “checkpoints” and attempts to ram agents with cars. asserted
wing → grow → cars
And Biden himself ran his 2020 campaign vowing to normalize policy post-Trump, only to cave to the open-borders crowd against his own better instincts and deliver the most radical policy the country had ever seen. asserted
country → run → policy
Now Mexico’s government looks to be pushing the issue by engineering a new border rush, just as it did when Biden first took office. asserted
Biden → look → office
President Trump’s elevation of immigration hawk Stephen Miller to chief of staff suggests the White House has little appetite for backdowns on the border at least as long as he’s in office — and indeed, the White House promised Thursday these caravans will not enter the country. uncertain
caravans → suggest → country
Caravan participants seem to be on board with the test: Cesar Sandoval, a 47-year-old Nicaraguan, who hopes to have “another chance” to enter the United States, pointedly says of newly elected Democrats: “We hope they remember that the ones who gave them the vote so they could make it to the Senate and Congress were the sons of Hispanics, the sons of Latinos. uncertain
they → seem → Latinos
When they’re turned away, expect Democrats aligned with Ramirez to wave the bloody shirt over the horrid cruelty; silence or acquiescence from Talarico and Turek will be damning. asserted
silence → turn → Talarico
If the party wants to win back the public’s trust, its new blood needs to step up and prove the left is no longer in the driver’s seat. asserted
left → want → seat
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