Kari Lake Trashes America in Warning to Migrants

Kari Lake, the Arizona Republican running for the U.S. Senate, described America as a country with "high crime" while calling for a change in asylum laws.

Speaking at a recent press conference in Nogales, Arizona, she called for a reform of current legislation to prevent people seeking asylum in the U.S. if they are leaving a country that has "elevated crime."

Lake called for asylum laws to be changed while suggesting that asylum seekers are entering a country with a high crime rate under the Joe Biden administration. Lake, who is endorsed by former President Donald Trump and falsely claimed her November 2022 election loss to Gov. Katie Hobbs was the result of voting irregularities, has made controlling illegal immigration on the Arizona border one of her key policies during her Senate campaign.

"You can seek asylum if you're leaving a country that has elevated crime. Well, I'll tell you what, this country has elevated crime," Lake said. "People are pouring across a country with high crime. I got news for them, you're entering into a country with high crime. So we need to change those asylum laws so that that's not a reason that you can seek asylum."

The former Arizona gubernatorial candidate shared a clip of her November 21 remarks on X, formerly Twitter, adding: "Biden is selling you a lie. America has high crime. It's not worth the treacherous path to come here. We need to reform our Asylum Laws. That's exactly what I will do in the Senate. #BuildTheWall."

The White House has been contacted for comment via email.

During her press conference in Nogales Lake also expanded on how she would secure the border if elected to the Senate next year.

"For starters, we need to immediately fund and make sure that the border wall is completed," Lake said. "We know it works right here in town, you don't see people running across. They do where there isn't a border wall.

"We want to make sure we have enough judges hired ready to process these people right away. Give them court dates, have the court dates immediately, because we know that 90, 95 percent of the people reading a card saying they're seeking asylum, are fraudulent asylum claims and they can't stay."

Lake is running for the Senate seat currently held by Democrat-turned Independent Senator Krysten Sinema, who is yet to confirm if she will seek re-election in 2024.

Arizona Democratic congressman Ruben Gallego is also running for the Senate seat, with numerous polls suggesting he is the current favorite to win the race next November.