这位得州参议院候选人曾呼吁将全州边境安保资金全部转投公共教育
2026-10-14T12:55:23-04:00 / 福克斯新闻
作者：汉娜·布伦南、彼得·达布罗斯卡，福克斯新闻
发布于 2026年10月14日 美国东部夏令时下午12:55
SEE IT: 詹姆斯·塔拉里科在新竞选广告中抨击拜登的边境政策
得州联邦参议院候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科的竞选团队周一发布一则广告，称他指责前总统乔·拜登的边境政策“让美国民众失望”，但此前一段曝光的采访显示，他曾呼吁削减得州全境的边境安保预算。
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得州联邦参议院民主党候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科似乎正在进一步缓和此前的左翼立场，他在周一发布的新竞选广告中抨击前总统乔·拜登在边境安全问题上“让我们失望”。
尽管在最近的广告中摆出了看似鹰派、完全偏向右翼的边境立场，但塔拉里科此前在一段被曝光的采访中曾呼吁削减得州全境的边境安保预算。
“我指责乔·拜登在边境问题上让我们失望，”塔拉里科在本周发布的广告开篇说道。
但塔拉里科的竞选团队无法向福克斯新闻数字频道提供他在拜登任期内公开批评拜登的例子。而这位得州民主党人在2019年接受《奥斯汀纪事报》采访时明确呼吁，将得州为期两年的全部8亿美元边境安全预算用于公共教育。
JAMES TALARICO 承认民主党在拜登任期内“对边境问题掉以轻心”
得州联邦参议院候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科于10月12日周一发布的新竞选广告中抨击前总统乔·拜登。 得州联邦参议院候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科于10月12日周一发布的新竞选广告中抨击前总统乔·拜登。（布兰登·贝尔/盖蒂图片社；安德鲁·卡巴列罗-雷诺兹/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
“我们还每年划拨约8亿美元用于墨西哥边境的‘加强边境安保’，”塔拉里科在这段已有七年多历史的采访中说道。
塔拉里科呼吁重新分配这笔资金时，得州为期两年、每年划拨4亿美元用于边境安保的预算，是当时该州用于打击非法入境的全部预算。
“我宁愿把这笔钱拿回来投入公共教育，帮助提高基本拨款，比如说，”他在采访中说道。
塔拉里科一直在努力塑造更温和的形象，此前有观点认为他过于激进，无法在以红色著称的得州赢得参议院席位。他在这个非法移民率最高的州竞选参议员期间，才开始在移民问题上采取更温和的立场。
“在实体边境部署大量船只、飞机和边境巡逻人员成本高昂，而且也不能解决问题，”他在采访中说道。
根据美国国土安全部（DHS）的数据，他2019年对边境执法的批评曝光之际，特朗普政府任内的非法越境人数在2025年降至55年来的新低。非法移民数量的下降紧随该政府实施的一系列移民执法措施之后。
“每个人都会承认这不过是政治作秀，”塔拉里科在采访中说道。“某些议员想要讨好其基础选民中的极端分子。他们通过把我们本不拥有的资金投入边境来达到目的。”
EXCLUSIVE: TALARICO CAUGHT ON TAPE GIGGLING ABOUT HIS CHURCH HOUSING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SET FOR DEPORTATION
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普于2026年10月10日在田纳西州克拉克斯维尔的F&M银行竞技场举行的竞选集会上发表讲话。特朗普在11月3日中期选举前为共和党候选人造势。（曼德尔·恩根/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
在竞选参议员期间，塔拉里科如今将自己标榜为“边境安全民主党人”，尽管他此前有过大量反对边境安全改革和执法部门的历史。
作为前得州州议员和前学校教师，塔拉里科曾因诸多极左翼争议事件多次成为焦点，尤其是关于移民执法的言论。他曾呼吁废除移民及海关执法局（ICE），称是时候“捣毁这个秘密警察部队了”。
塔拉里科还将非法移民称为他的“选民”。
他将得州共和党州长格雷格·雅培的边境安保政策称为“暴行”，并指责他“追捕”非法移民。这位参议院候选人还表示自己“教过很多无证学生”，并称这些非法移民比美国公民更爱国。
“詹姆斯为成为本次竞选唯一一位公布了得到共和党和民主党边境县警长认可的边境安全议程的候选人而感到自豪，”塔拉里科的竞选发言人JT·恩尼斯在被问及立场反复时告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
他继续说道：“詹姆斯支持更严格的边境安全和移民执法——这就是为什么他呼吁增加边境巡逻人员，并表示我们应该逮捕并驱逐暴力罪犯和人口贩运者——而不是母亲和婴儿。”
这位得州参议院候选人本月曾短暂离开竞选活动，引发网上病毒式传播的谣言，称他在行为健康中心接受治疗。塔拉里科重新露面后澄清了自己的行踪，驳斥了这些说法，向选民保证他只是在患流感后康复。
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塔拉里科将与共和党对手肯·帕克斯顿角逐得州参议院席位。随着11月中期选举临近，这场竞选势均力敌。
汉娜是福克斯新闻数字频道政治团队的制作助理。
James Talarico torches Biden border policies in stunning attack ad as progressive tries to flip Texas blue
The Texas Senate hopeful once urged redirecting the state’s entire border security funding toward public education
2026-10-14T12:55:23-04:00 / Fox News
By Hannah Brennan , Peter D’Abrosca, Fox News
Published October 14, 2026 12:55pm EDT
SEE IT: James Talarico slams Biden’s border policies in new campaign ad
Texas Senate candidate James Talarico’s campaign released an ad Monday that claims he scrutinized former President Joe Biden’s border policies as “failing” Americans, despite an unearthed call to slash Texas’ entire border security fund.
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Texas Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate James Talarico appears to be further moderating his previous left-wing stances as he slammed former President Joe Biden for ‘failing us’ on border security in a new campaign advertisement released Monday.
Despite spewing a seemingly hawkish and downright right-leaning border stance in the recent ad, Talarico previously called to slash Texas’ entire border-security budget in an unearthed interview.
“I called out Joe Biden for failing us on the border,” Talarico says in the opening of the ad released this week.
But Talarico’s campaign couldn’t give Fox News Digital an example of him ever publicly criticizing Biden during his presidency. And the Texas Democrat explicitly made a call to put Texas’ entire $800 million two-year border security budget toward public education in a 2019 interview with The Austin Chronicle.
JAMES TALARICO ADMITS DEMOCRATS TOOK ‘BORDER FOR GRANTED’ UNDER BIDEN
Texas Senate candidate James Talarico slams former President Joe Biden in new campaign advertisement released on Monday, October 12. Texas Senate candidate James Talarico slams former President Joe Biden in new campaign advertisement released on Monday, October 12.(Brandon Bell/Getty Images; ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
“We’re also sending about $800 million per biennium to the border with Mexico for ‘increased border security,’” Talarico said in the more than seven-year-old interview.
The two-year deal allocating $400 million per year toward border security in the state of Texas was the state’s entire budget toward warding off illegal immigration at the time Talarico made the call to replace that funding.
“I’d rather take that money and put it back into public education and help increase the basic allotment, for instance,” he said in the interview.
Talarico has ramped up his efforts to come off more moderate amid claims that he is too progressive to win a Senate seat in notoriously red Texas. His move to a more moderate stance on immigration only started during his Senate bid in the state with the highest rates of illegal immigration.
“Putting a bunch of boats, planes and border patrol agents on the physical border is expensive and also does not solve the problem,” he said in the interview.
His 2019 criticism of border enforcement comes to the surface as border crossings under the Trump administration fell to a new record low level in 55 years in 2025, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The decline in illegal immigration followed a series of immigration enforcement measures implemented by the administration.
“Everyone will admit it’s just political grandstanding,” Talarico said in the interview. “Certain lawmakers want to appease extreme parts of their base. And they do it by pumping money we don’t have down to the border.”
EXCLUSIVE: TALARICO CAUGHT ON TAPE GIGGLING ABOUT HIS CHURCH HOUSING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SET FOR DEPORTATION
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In his run for Senate, Talarico has now labeled himself a “border security” Democrat, despite an extensive history of pushing back on border security reform and authorities.
A former member of the Texas legislature and a former school teacher, Talarico has been in the spotlight repeatedly for many of his far-left controversies, particularly comments regarding immigration enforcement. He has called to dismantle Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), claiming it was “time to tear down this secret police force.”
Talarico also referred to illegal aliens as his “constituents.”
He labeled Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security policies as “atrocities” and accused him of “hunting” illegal immigrants. The Senate candidate also said he “taught a lot of undocumented students,” and that those illegal aliens were more patriotic than Americans.
“James is proud to be the only candidate in this race who has unveiled a border security agenda endorsed by Republican and Democratic border county sheriffs,” Talarico’s campaign spokesperson JT Ennis told Fox News Digital when asked about the flip-flop.
TALARICO DISAPPEARANCE HAS DEM VOLUNTEERS WORRYING AND TRUMP ASKING, ‘WHAT IS GOING ON?’
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He continued, “James supports stronger border security and immigration enforcement — it’s why he’s called for more border patrol agents and has said we should be arresting and deporting violent criminals and human traffickers — not moms and babies.”
The Texas Senate hopeful went briefly missing from the campaign trail this month, prompting viral rumors online to swirl that he was at a behavioral health center. Talarico debunked these claims after clearing the air on his whereabouts when he reappeared Friday, reassuring voters that he was recovering from the flu.
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Talarico is running against GOP rival Ken Paxton for the Senate seat in Texas. The race has remained close as November’s midterms approach.
Hannah is a Production Assistant for the Politics team at Fox News Digital.
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