Great Lakes Wire

Mike Rogers, a candidate for the U.S. Senate in Michigan, has expressed his support for former President Donald Trump's Remain in Mexico border policy and pledged to "take out the drug cartels" if elected. Rogers made these remarks during an interview with the Great Lakes Wire on October 22.

"As Michigan's next Senator, I'll have our border patrol agents back in Washington and get them the back up they desperately need," said U.S. Senate Candidate Mike Rogers, U.S. Senate Candidate in Michigan. "I will work with President Trump to secure the border, take out the drug cartels, and reinstate the successful Remain in Mexico policy. Due to Kamala's and Slotkin's reckless policies, there is no shortage of chaos on the southern border. The Democrats obsession with putting illegal immigrants first and border patrol agents last is dishonorable."

The Remain in Mexico Policy, formally known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), was implemented by the Trump administration to address asylum claims at the U.S.-Mexico border. According to Reuters, this policy required immigrants to remain in Mexico while their asylum claims were processed, rather than allowing them to wait in the United States. President Joe Biden rescinded this policy in October 2021.

According to Customs and Border Protection data, there have been 8,622,559 encounters at the southwest land border since fiscal year 2021.

In a letter addressed to Texas Congressman Tony Gonzales, the Deputy Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said that ICE's non-detained docket currently includes over 662,000 illegal immigrants with criminal convictions or pending charges. Among these individuals are 13,099 convicted murderers and more than 15,000 convicted of sexual assault residing in the United States.

The Border Patrol Council, representing 16,000 Border Patrol agents, endorsed former President Trump on October 14 through a post on X.

Rogers is running for a seat in the U.S. Senate from Michigan. According to Ballotpedia, he previously served as a U.S. Congressman representing Michigan's 8th district.