White House officials told Fox News that President Biden will not announce any executive orders on immigration or border security ahead of or during Thursday’s State of the Union address.
A White House official said it remains the administration’s “hope” that Congress enact the issue into law.
White House officials on CNN’s report alleging that during a recent White House event, Biden told Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, a Republican, that he intended to announce border actions at the State of the Union. told Fox News on Thursday that the report was as follows: false, such an interaction “never happened”.
White House officials claimed they were double-identifying the people who were in the room, but the government denied the report’s accuracy.
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President Biden speaks during a meeting of the Competition Council at the White House on March 5, 2024. President Biden announced new economic measures during the meeting. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
CNN reports: “Democrats need to show more of the firepower shown in private meeting with governors as Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte handed Biden a letter calling for more action on the southern border. “I told Biden that there is,” he said. Two governors who were standing there said they were smiling. ”
“‘State of the Union,'” Biden said teasingly.
With the immigration crisis a central concern for voters heading into the November election, Republican lawmakers invited guests to Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday night to focus on the country’s broken immigration system. ing.
The number of migrant encounters at the southern border reached a monthly high of 302,000 in December. In 2023, 2.4 million migrants were encountered at the U.S. border, another record high.
Nearly 7.3 million migrants have illegally crossed the Southwest border under Biden’s watch, more than the population of 36 individual states, a Fox News analysis found last month.
Migrants arrive at a makeshift camp after crossing the border with Mexico near Jacumba Hot Springs, California, on February 23, 2024. (Qian Weizhong/VCG, via Getty Images)
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Guests invited to the gallery include Tammy Noble, the mother of Kayla Hamilton, a young woman murdered in 2022. The suspect was a member of the MS-13 gang who entered the United States illegally. Nobles was invited by House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Border Patrol Agent Brandon Budlong, chairman of the National Border Patrol Council Local 2724, will appear as a guest of Rep. Elise Stefanik (RN.Y.), chair of the House Republican Caucus.
Volunteers provide dry firewood to migrants at a makeshift camp near Jacumba Hot Springs, California, on February 23, 2024. (Qian Weizhong/VCG, via Getty Images)
Ben Kurian and Zunxu Tian, two New York City police officers who were attacked by migrants in January’s incident near Times Square that drew national attention, were arrested by New York Republican Rep. Anthony D’Esposito. He will appear as a guest of Congressman and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis. So does Johnson.
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Valeria Delgado, a student at California’s Chapman University, has benefited from U.S. policies designed to protect young immigrants brought to the United States as children, said California Democratic Rep. Lou Correa. Become a guest.
FOX News’ Chris Pandolfo, Joe Schofstall and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
