Sherrod Brown running again in Ohio

Sherrod Brown is lying to voters about his border record

Sherrod Brown Backs Border Crackdown Now But Voters Know Better

Republicans are turning up the heat on Democrat Sherrod Brown after he said he supports “closing the border” in a recent interview, arguing the Ohio Senate hopeful is trying to rewrite a long record on illegal immigration just days before the state’s primary election.

“I support closing the border to people so they just can’t cross the border at will, but I also say we, of course, should be deporting people that have committed a crime, surely,” Brown said last month. That comment quickly drew attention because Brown spent years voting against many of the border and enforcement measures that Republicans say were needed to protect the country.

Brown served three Senate terms before losing in 2024 to Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio. Now he is trying to climb back into Washington, this time in a race that is already expected to be a major battleground. Immigration is once again at the center of the fight.

According to Republicans, Brown’s record tells a very different story from his latest remarks. During his years in Congress and the Senate, he voted multiple times to protect federal money for sanctuary cities. He also co-sponsored the 2019 End Mass Deportation Act, which aimed to roll back Trump-era enforcement priorities and cut off funding tied to sanctuary policies.

GOP critics point to other votes as well. Brown voted against giving ICE “sufficient resources to detain and deport a higher number of illegal aliens who have been convicted of a crime.” He also voted against funding aimed at stopping criminal aliens from getting amnesty and voted against money for deporting criminal aliens back in 2001.

Brown has also been a repeated critic of the southern border wall. He has called the idea “stupid,” “wrong” and “ludicrous,” and he voted to cancel Trump’s border wall projects in 2021 and against restarting construction in 2023. Republicans say that adds up to a clear pattern, not a sudden shift.

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