At the 2026 Illinois gubernatorial debate, J.B. Pritzker says a bipartisan 2024 border bill brought by a Republican died after Donald Trump told Republicans to walk away, and that Darren Bailey "cheered all that on." He says Trump then sent masked gunmen in unmarked cars who tackled US citizens and legal residents, and that the undocumented people taken had not committed violent crimes.
The receipt
- Who
- J.B. Pritzker
- Where
- other - 2026 Illinois gubernatorial debate
- Original footage
- Darren Bailey · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 51 seconds, unedited within the cut
- Plays
- 129 on Instagram
Read the transcript
We need solutions to these problems. But there was a solution. In 2024, it was brought up by a Republican that had bipartisan support, but it was Donald Trump who said, walk away, walk away from Republicans. And so there was no bill passed to secure the border and to have immigration reform. Darren Bailey cheered all that on. And then what happened as a result? Donald Trump then chose to send a mask asked gunmen in unmarked cars into our neighborhoods and tackled US citizens and people who are legal. And yes, some undocumented people, but they were people who had not committed violent crimes. I do not think that is the country that any of us want. He's by the way, took down people who are US citizens who are black and brown, people who speak with an accent or speak another language. I don't think that's right.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.