President Biden has promised to close the border “in the event the border becomes overwhelmed” if Congress passes a bipartisan border security bill.
Biden: “Let's be clear.” stated in a statement Friday. “What has been negotiated so far, if passed into law, would be the toughest and fairest reform to secure our borders ever in this country. “It would give me new emergency powers to shut down the bill. And if I were given that power, I would exercise it the same day I signed the bill.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said in a letter to colleagues on Friday that if reports about the terms of the deal are accurate, the border security and Ukraine aid bill would be “void upon arrival” in the House. ” would have been.
“As the Senate does not seem to have reached an agreement, we wanted to provide a quick update on additional provisions and borders. If the rumors about the contents of the draft are true, the draft will be in place by the time it reaches the House of Commons in any case. He would have been dead,” Johnson said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed that there were 302,034 encounters at the southern border in December, a record high.
“CBP continues to utilize all resources to ensure the safety and security of our nation's agents and personnel, as well as immigrants who are often misunderstood and victimized by transnational criminal organizations,” said Troy A. Miller, senior CBP official. I'll go,'' he said. Friday's statement. “However, as we have repeatedly said, CBP and our federal partners need additional support from Congress so we can continue to impact those who do not take advantage of established legal channels. Masu.”
Former President Trump has been trying to scrap the border agreement to prevent Biden from winning the bill.
“I have everything I need to stop the invasion of millions of people, many from unknown regions, into this once great and soon to be great country. I don't think we should have a border agreement at all unless there is.'' ” Trump Said He said this in a post on his Truth Social account about two weeks ago.
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