Anna Paulina Luna Blasts Cato Institute's David Bier For Laughing About Child Trafficking

Florida representative Anna Paulina Luna has taken strong opinions on illegal immigration -- and all of the associated crimes that come with it -- in her brief time in Congress. The freshman congresswoman has visited the southern border multiple times and has spoken out against the human and drug trafficking that is associated with an open border. She has expressed the need to finish a border wall, end DACA, restore the Remain in Mexico policy for those claiming asylum, and cracking down on and deporting illegal immigrant criminals in the United States. So on Wednesday, when the House Oversight Committee held a hearing on child trafficking at the border, it's no surprise that she brought some heat to the proceedings. And she aimed a lot of that fire at the Cato Institute's David Bier, an immigration 'expert.'

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna @RepLuna: “Why was Cato Institute's David Bier laughing about child trafficking at the border? Disgusting display of ignorance.” -- 'Are you psychic?' Perfection. For full context, this exchange followed Luna showing a video of a man apprehended at the border with two children. He claimed they were his children and that his wife abandoned him, but Luna stated that this claim was unverifiable without separating the children from the man while DNA testing could be performed. Bier's Feigned outrage at the idea of separating children from adults to verify their family status -- 'as a father' -- was quickly and decisively shut down by Luna (who supports restoring that policy). She silences his disingenuous retort with three words: 'I'm a mother.'

As for Bier, he often appears in media and before Congress as an 'immigration expert.' (Since he found it funny that she used the phrase 'quote-unquote' about unverified parents, we thought he'd appreciate our use of quotes in referring to him as an 'expert.') Bier is exactly the reason everyone laughs at media reports that claim 'Experts say…' These are the same people that assume there's no issue with an open border, it's no wonder they just automatically assume that adults coming across with kids are lawful parents. It is important to note that nowhere in Beir's submitted testimony to the Oversight Committee is there any mention of him actually visiting the border. As Luna fires back at him during the exchange, 'You have not been to the border.'

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