
Speaking on the influx of synthetic opioids like fentanyl across the U.S.-Mexico border, Vance invoked the story of his own mother, whom he said “struggled with addiction” but has since been seven years sober. Vance said he would support a merit-based immigration policy similar to a 2019 bill introduced by Republican senators Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David Perdue of Georgia, which would prioritize legal status for immigrants based on their education, skills, English fluency and other factors. If they’re here, pay a fine, pay back taxes, pass a background check.” “You can’t put a wall in the middle of the Rio Grande, but if you can put a barrier up somewhere that can prevent people from coming over, I’m all for it.

“To have a wall from sea to shining sea doesn’t make any sense,” Ryan said. Ryan, who previously called President Trump’s plans to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border “a vanity project,” later said in an interview with a Columbus TV station that he supported its continued construction. No civilized country in the world allows elective abortion that late into pregnancy.” “We’re talking about 5-month-old babies, fully formed babies who can feel pain. I think Ohio should have that right,” Vance said. “Ohio’s going to want to have different abortion laws than California, than Texas. Ohio’s law that would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected - usually after six weeks of gestation - was blocked indefinitely by a Hamilton County judge just days ago. Vance, when asked if he supported a Republican bill in the Senate to ban abortions nationwide after 15 weeks, said he supports minimum national standards. This needs to be left to the woman it needs to be left to the doctor to make these decisions,” he said. Supreme Court’s overturning of that decision this past summer “the largest governmental overreach in our lifetime” and said he thinks the federal government should codify abortion access. Supreme Court precedent that made access to abortion a constitutional right. Ryan said he supports reestablishing Roe v.
