The DSA’s Long Game Just Got Very Clear

Democratic Socialists of America co-chair Megan Romer openly backed abolishing borders and granting amnesty, then tied the idea to a long-term international plan.

Quick Take

Romer said “yes” when asked if abolishing borders and giving amnesty to people here illegally was a long-term plan.
She linked open borders to a wider effort to stop destabilizing other countries.
The same interview also showed support for abolishing the Senate and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The DSA’s past platform language already used the term “open borders” and called for broad migration changes.

Romer Backs the Position on Camera

Fox News host Shannon Bream pressed Romer on whether the group wanted to “abolish borders and give amnesty to anyone currently in the United States illegally.” Romer answered, “As a long term plan, yes,” and then repeated that the idea was part of a longer-term strategy. She also said the group was not talking about opening the borders “tomorrow.”

That exchange mattered because Romer did not pull back when the questioning became direct. According to the reporting, she also said open borders fit into a larger international plan that would involve the United States stopping the destabilization of other countries. That framing gives supporters a policy pitch, but it also hands critics a clear quote that sounds far more radical than standard immigration reform.

Why the Clip Hit So Hard

The interview landed during a time when border security remains a major political fault line. Romer’s answers were not limited to immigration. She also confirmed other platform items, including abolishing the Senate and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which made the border remarks part of a broader anti-institution message. For conservative readers, that is exactly the sort of talk that raises alarms about national sovereignty and the rule of law.

The reaction was fast because the wording was simple enough to clip and replay. Reporting from multiple outlets repeated the same exchange, including the “long term plan” language and the open-borders answer. That consistency suggests the core quote is not in dispute. What is in dispute is how much weight to give the qualifier, and whether a future goal is still a real endorsement of open borders.

What the DSA Has Said Before

This was not the first time the Democratic Socialists of America used open-borders language. Reporting on the group’s 2019 platform quoted it as supporting “the uninhibited transnational free movement of people,” along with demilitarizing the border, abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, and creating a pathway to citizenship for all non-citizen residents. That history matters because it shows Romer’s answer fit into an older ideological pattern.

Still, the evidence in the material provided comes mostly from media coverage and a televised interview, not from a fresh 2026 platform document signed by the national organization. That leaves one narrow open question: whether Romer’s words reflect an official, current national policy or a long-range political goal she was willing to defend on air. The quote itself, however, was direct and unmistakable.

Why Supporters and Critics Read It So Differently

Supporters can point to Romer’s repeated use of “long term” and argue she was describing a distant vision, not an immediate policy demand. Critics will say that is window dressing for the same result, because the answer still confirms a wish to abolish borders and grant amnesty. In plain terms, the interview gave both sides something to use, but it did not erase what Romer actually said.

For voters who care about secure borders, limited government, and respect for law, the clip fits a larger worry about how far left activist politics has moved. The DSA’s own past language and Romer’s televised defense make the message hard to soften. Even with the “long-term” caveat, the interview left little doubt that open borders is not being treated as a fringe idea inside that movement.