- 背景信息：支持废除移民和海关执法局（ICE）及海关与边境保护局（CBP）的激进组织“联合梦想”（United We Dream）发布的一张图片中，塔拉利科鼓励观众不要开门，不要在没有律师的情况下签署任何文件，要拍摄ICE探员的照片并“反击”。
- 2019年表态：“无证件美国人是在我们的企业工作、在我们的学校学习并为我们的社区做贡献的人——但缺乏公民身份文件。”塔拉利科在2019年X平台（原推特）的帖子中表示。
- 身份认同：“作为一名德克萨斯州立法者，他们也是我的选民。”他补充道。
- 当前竞选背景：塔拉利科2019年的帖子发布之际，他正在孤星之州（德克萨斯州别称）展开参议院竞选，吸引了全国关注。他的言论与其试图塑造的“亲执法”候选人形象相冲突。
- 2019年履职情况：2019年，塔拉利科正处于其担任德克萨斯州立法者的第二年。
- 边境数据：据该机构公布的数据，在他发帖时，美国边境巡逻队（CBP）的西南部边境逮捕人数激增。仅2019年7月，CBP就报告了81,000起逮捕事件——低于5月的峰值144,000起——原因是来自危地马拉、洪都拉斯和萨尔瓦多的移民因感受到当地的不稳定和犯罪问题而涌入美国。
- 历史对比：作为参考，2018年7月CBP仅报告了40,000起逮捕事件。
- 竞选回应：针对福克斯新闻数字版对该帖子的询问，塔拉利科的竞选团队表示，他的信息重点是针对威胁美国公共安全的个人。
- 发言人表态：“詹姆斯一直明确表示，我们应该将宝贵的执法资源用于打击贩毒集团，而非我们的社区；驱逐帮派成员，而非小企业主；追捕人口贩子，而非母亲和婴儿。”塔拉利科发言人JT·恩尼斯在一份声明中说。
- 初选结果：塔拉利科刚刚在激烈的参议院初选中击败了进步派候选人、德克萨斯州民主党人贾斯敏·克罗克特，现在他希望赢得11月大选的选民支持。
- 政治成就：如果当选，他将成为自1993年参议员鲍勃·克鲁格（Bob Krueger）以来德克萨斯州首位民主党参议员。
- 竞选对手情况：由于德克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿（Ken Paxton）和现任参议员约翰·科宁（John Cornyn，共和党）之间的共和党党内决选尚未结束，目前尚不清楚塔拉利科将在大选中面对谁。
- 移民执法观点：在被问及过去的移民执法问题时，塔拉利科将自己的执法观点比作房屋入口。
- 网站声明：“我们的边境应该像前廊——前面应该有欢迎垫，门上应该有锁。”塔拉利科在其网站上写道。
- 其他移民政策：除上述观点外，塔拉利科还支持增加ICE用于公共安全和国家安全的资源，禁止ICE探员佩戴口罩，为某些非法移民创建合法化途径，雇佣更多移民法官，并更新入境口岸的安全设施。
- 竞选策略：塔拉利科的竞选团队认为，他的观点使他与共和党对手区分开来。
- 对手攻击指控：“虽然詹姆斯为大多数德克萨斯人支持的移民政策而战，但科宁、帕克斯顿以及支持他们的亿万富翁们正试图抹黑詹姆斯，因为这个由民众推动的运动对他们的财富和权力构成了威胁。”塔拉利科的竞选团队表示。
- 大选日期：塔拉利科将在2025年11月3日与共和党对手展开角逐。
James Talarico, a Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, once posted information to social media, letting illegal aliens know they could evade detention as law enforcement grappled with a wave of immigration under President Donald Trump’s first term.
In a graphic put out by United We Dream, an activist group that supports abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Talarico encouraged viewers not to open their doors, not to sign any documentation without an attorney, to take pictures of ICE agents and to “fight back.”
“Undocumented Americans are folks who work in our businesses, learn in our schools and contribute to our communities — but lack citizenship documentation,” Talarico said in a post to X in 2019.
“As a Texas legislator, they’re also my constituents,” he added.
Talarico’s 2019 posts come as he wages a Senate campaign in the Lone Star State that’s attracted national attention. His comments clash with efforts to position himself as a pro-enforcement candidate.
In 2019, Talarico was in his second year of serving Texas as a state legislator.
At the time of his post, the United States reported an explosion of CBP Southwest Border Apprehensions, according to data published by the agency. In July alone, CBP reported 81,000 apprehensions — down from a peak of 144,000 in May — as immigrants feeling instability and crime in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador poured into the U.S.
For context, CBP reported just 40,000 apprehensions in July 2018, the year before.
In response to inquiries from Fox News Digital about the post, Talarico’s campaign said his message has focused on targeting individuals who threaten the public safety of the U.S.
“James has been clear that we should be spending precious law enforcement resources cracking down on the cartels, not our communities; deporting gang members, not small business owners; and hunting down human traffickers, not moms and babies,” Talarico spokesperson JT Ennis said in a statement.
Talarico, who just beat out progressive candidate Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas., in a heated Senate primary, now looks to win over voters in November’s general election.
If elected, he would become Texas’ first Democratic senator since Sen. Bob Krueger in 1993.
It’s still unclear who Talarico will be facing in the general election due to a Republican runoff between Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.
When asked about immigration enforcement in the past, Talarico likened his views on enforcement to the entry of a home.
“Our border should be like a front porch — it should have a welcome mat out front and a lock on the door,” Talarico wrote on his website.
Among other immigration policies, Talarico supports increasing ICE resources for public safety and national security, banning the use of masks by ICE agents, creating a pathway to legalization for certain undocumented immigrants, hiring more immigration judges and modernizing security at ports of entry.
Talarico’s campaign believes his views separate him from his Republican competition.
“While James fights for immigration policies a majority of Texans support, Cornyn, Paxton, and the billionaires who prop them up are trying to smear James because this people-powered movement is a threat to their wealth and power,” Talarico’s campaign said.
Talarico will face down his Republican opponent on Nov. 3, 2025.
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