House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday reiterated his opposition to the Senate’s recently proposed bipartisan $118 billion border security and foreign aid package.
Mr Johnson spoke on ‘The Ingraham Angle’ about the impact of the policy on immigration, insisting it remained a ‘non-starter’ in the House of Commons.
“It’s actually going to encourage more illegal immigration,” Johnson told Fox News host Laura Ingraham. “It doesn’t solve any problems, it doesn’t reform in any meaningful way our dysfunctional asylum system, our dysfunctional parole process, and everything else that led to this disaster. By the way. On the other hand, it would give more power to the Chief Cabinet Secretary himself.” Who designed and created this confusion? They are not following federal law. Why would we do this in the first place? But this bill itself actually does more harm than good, and that’s why we argued here in the House that it’s a non-starter. ”
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) criticized the Senate’s bipartisan $118 billion border security and foreign aid package after the deal was released. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
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He also criticized Republicans like Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for their willingness to compromise on the issue, saying they were not willing to accept any other way to pass the bill. He also opposed the proposal.
“We’re going to do everything we can. When I say dead on arrival, I mean dead on arrival. We’re going to work on every angle we can and take responsibility here. We’re going to have to make sure we deliver on that.” House Republicans are committed and ready to do that,” Johnson said.
“The American people are running the show here. We represent our constituents. The American people are on our side. They recognize that this catastrophe is devastating for the country. Every state is a border state, and everyone knows it.”
President Joe Biden has insisted he needs Congressional approval before taking action at the border. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Martin)
Mr. Johnson also rejected Mr. Biden’s claims that he did not have the authority to fix the border and accused the president of threatening to veto aid to Israel outside of the border package.
“This president is showing weakness on the world stage. He’s not going to solve the biggest crisis facing our country, which is open borders. They’ve just shown an incredible level of leadership. “I think the American people will forgive that attitude.” “The voices are being heard against the lack of leadership. They’re trying to make their voices heard during the campaign. That’s why his poll numbers are so low. .The public understands what’s going on here,” he said.
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The Senate border deal was criticized by Republicans for allowing up to 5,000 border encounters per day. (John Moore/Getty Images)
The full text of the Senate border agreement was released Sunday. The policy has the support of Senate leadership and President Biden. The agreement also includes funding for two U.S. allies. $60 billion for Ukraine, $14 billion for Israel, and about $20 billion to control illegal immigration at the southern border.
But the deal faces significant opposition from Republicans and other conservatives. Many have attacked the deal, which increases work permits for migrants and allows an average of 5,000 border encounters a day over seven days.
Shortly after the bill was announced, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that it would never pass the House of Commons.
“I’ve seen enough,” Johnson wrote to X. “This bill is even worse than we expected and far from ending the border disaster the president has wrought. As the Democratic chief negotiator declared, under this bill, ‘the border will never be It won’t close.”
“If this bill reaches the House of Commons,” he declared, “it will be dead on arrival.”
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FOX News’ Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
