德克萨斯州民主党参议院候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科（James Talarico）在周一发布的新竞选广告中抨击前总统乔·拜登（Joe Biden）“在边境安全上让我们失望”，显示出他对先前左翼立场的进一步温和化。
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 released Monday.
尽管在最近的广告中他表现出似乎强硬甚至偏右的边境立场，塔拉里科此前在一次被挖出的采访中曾呼吁削减德克萨斯州全部的边境安全预算。
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.
“我指责乔·拜登在边境上让我们失望，”塔拉里科在本周发布的广告开头说道。
"I called out Joe Biden for failing us on the border," Talarico says in the opening of the ad released this week.
但塔拉里科的竞选团队未能向《福克斯新闻数字》（Fox News Digital）提供他在拜登任期内公开批评拜登的任何例子。相反，这位德克萨斯州民主党人曾在 2019 年接受《奥斯汀纪事报》（The Austin Chronicle）采访时明确呼吁将德克萨斯州 8 亿美元的两年期边境安全预算全部用于公共教育。
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.
詹姆斯·塔拉里科承认民主党在拜登执政期间“把边境视为理所当然”“我们每两年还向墨西哥边境投入约 8 亿美元用于‘加强边境安全’，”塔拉里科在这段已有七年多历史的采访中说。
JAMES TALARICO ADMITS DEMOCRATS TOOK ‘BORDER FOR GRANTED’ UNDER BIDEN "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.
这项两年期协议每年向德克萨斯州的边境安全拨款 4 亿美元，正是塔拉里科呼吁将该资金转移时州政府用于阻止非法移民的全部预算。
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.
“我宁愿把这笔钱拿回去投入公共教育，帮助提高基本拨款，例如，”他在采访中说。
"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.
塔拉里科正加大力度表现得更为温和，以应对外界称他进步太大难以在极度保守的德克萨斯州赢得参议院席位的说法。他在该州的参议院竞选期间才开始转向更温和的移民立场，而该州的非法移民率是全国最高的。
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.
“在实体边境上部署大量船只、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。
"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.
据美国国土安全部统计，2025年特朗普政府执政期间的边境非法越境人数降至55年来的新低。在此背景下，詹姆斯·塔拉里科在2019年对边境管控措施提出的批评再度引发关注。这一非法移民数量的下降正是源于政府实施的一系列移民执法举措。
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.
“谁都明白这不过是政治作秀罢了，”塔拉里科在采访中说道，“某些议员试图讨好自己选区内的极端派选民，于是把本就短缺的资金大量投入到边境事务上。”独家消息：塔拉里科被拍到对教会收容即将被驱逐的非法移民一事嬉笑不已。在竞选参议员期间，尽管塔拉里科长期以来一直反对边境安全改革及相关执法措施，如今却自称是“致力于边境安全”的民主党人。
"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 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.
作为前德克萨斯州议员及教师，塔拉里科因诸多极左立场的言论屡次成为舆论焦点，尤其是涉及移民执法的言论。他曾呼吁解散美国移民与海关执法局，声称“是时候取缔这支秘密警察部队了”。塔拉里科还将非法移民称作自己的“选民”；他称德克萨斯州共和党州长格雷格·阿博特的边境安全政策是“暴行”，指责后者在“猎捕”非法移民。这位参议员候选人还声称自己“教过许多无合法身份的学生”，并断言这些非法移民比美国本土民众更具爱国心。
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.
当被问及立场转变一事时，塔拉里科的竞选团队发言人JT·埃尼斯对福克斯新闻网表示：“詹姆斯引以为傲的是，他是本次选举中唯一一位提出了获得共和党与民主党边境地区治安官共同支持的边境安全计划的候选人。”
"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.
塔拉里科失踪让民主党志愿者担忧，特朗普也问：“到底怎么回事？”
TALARICO DISAPPEARANCE HAS DEM VOLUNTEERS WORRYING AND TRUMP ASKING, 'WHAT IS GOING ON?'
他继续说：“詹姆斯支持更强的边境安全和移民执法——这就是他呼吁增派边境巡逻人员，并表示我们应该逮捕并驱逐暴力犯罪分子和人口贩子，而不是妈妈和婴儿的原因。”这位德州参议院候选人本月曾在竞选活动中短暂失踪，引发网络上流传他在行为健康中心的谣言。塔拉里科在周五重新出现后澄清了自己的行踪，驳斥了这些说法，并向选民保证自己正在从流感中恢复。
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.
塔拉里科正与共和党对手肯·帕克森竞争德州参议院席位。随着十一月中期选举临近，这场竞争仍然十分胶着。
Talarico is running against GOP rival Ken Paxton for the Senate seat in Texas. The race has remained close as November’s midterms approach.