A clip of likely Senate candidate Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., supporting DACA policies resurfaced over the weekend, garnering mixed reactions from Republicans on social media.
Montana’s Republican Senate race is expected to heat up soon with Rosendale considering a primary run against former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy, who is backed by the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), for the nomination. Amid talk of a likely competition between the two, Republican voters and individuals close to former President Donald Trump’s campaign appear to already be taking sides in the potential primary race.
During a 2018 Montana Senate debate, Rosendale was asked if the United States should deport all illegal immigrants in America.
“I don’t think it’s feasible to say we’re going to deport all of the illegal immigrants that are here,” Rosendale said, adding that he believes minors who were brought here without consent should be given “a path with which they can become citizens.”
The package introduces or reintroduces five bills that would limit entry into the U.S., restore Trump policies that Republicans have credited for slowing illegal immigration and limit the effects of immigration on the U.S.
“Biden is destroying our country with his open border policies,” Rosendale said in a statement. “My immigration bills will set the proper mechanisms in place to shut down the border, give DHS the tools to pursue criminals evading border checkpoints, encourage American companies to hire American employees, protect taxpayer dollars by only counting citizens in the census and require those waiting on an immigration hearing to wait in Mexico.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the Rosendale campaign for comment.
Aubrie Spady is a Production Assistant for Fox News Digital.
