Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has proposed a border bill that would help President Joe Biden import more immigrants and hide the enormous damage caused by the president's immigration relief policies. has retreated from its previous support for.
zahir.com report:
“I think the border part is dead,” one Republican senator said, quoting McConnell to the Republican conference meeting Wednesday. “This has become much more difficult politically than I thought it would be,” McConnell told Republican senators, according to the senator.
“Mr. McConnell spoke during a closed session of Senate Republicans on Wednesday.”[nesday afternoon] Border politics turned upside down for R.[epublicans]And it casts doubt on linking the border with Ukraine.'' Punchbowl News report early Wednesday evening. The report adds:
McConnell mentioned [Donald] It referred to Trump as the “candidate” and pointed out that the former president wants to center his 2024 campaign on immigration. And Republican leaders said, “We don't want to do anything that undermines him.”
The withdrawal came after harsh public criticism from several Republican senators.
“Mr. McConnell was one of the best vote counters in the history of the Senate and had a clear sense of where the debate was going,'' Punchbowl said. report Thursday morning.
CNN report:
Mr. McConnell told Republicans in a closed-door meeting on Wednesday that bipartisan talks on immigration had created a feud within the party, blocking the path to approval of a major package, according to a Republican official familiar with the matter. He said Republicans were “perplexed” by the possibility that it could be the case. This parliament.
Last week, President Trump criticized the draft agreement, saying on TruthSocial:
I won't 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 conclude a border agreement at all. I also have no doubt that our wonderful Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, will just get the perfect deal on the border. Remember, without strong borders and honest elections, we don't have a country.
So far, Biden's border officials have cautiously allowed more than 6 million economic migrants to cross the southern border into the United States. Added together, the massive influx equates to one immigrant for every two American births over the past three years. This influx is dramatically changing public attitudes toward mass immigration into Americans' workplaces and communities, with majorities in two polls now describing it as an “invasion.”
According to a Harvard University poll from January 17-18, Biden's border policy is the biggest issue in American politics. “Immigration is currently considered the biggest issue facing the nation, +7 [points] ahead of inflation,” according to a summary poll of 2,346 registered voters. The poll was conducted by Harris Poll and HarrisX.
The same poll also reported that 57% of voters said they “miss Donald Trump's policies on the economy, immigration, and crime.”
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On Friday, Biden told a group of Democratic politicians that he supported the draft agreement, in part because it would soften Republican criticism of immigration policy during the campaign.
“We'll be able to work something out next week, at least in the Senate, and I'm hopeful that it will pass in the Senate as a bipartisan bill,” he told attendees, adding:Now, the question is [House] Speaker and House Republicans: Are they ready to act too? They must choose whether they want to solve the problem or continue to weaponize it to score political points against the president. ”
Mr. McConnell's replacement is a sign that a group of seven Republican senators used Wednesday's press conference to highlight his focus on defending Ukraine's border, a counterproductive border deal, and negotiations that have left the Republican mainstream in a state of crisis. This happened after he criticized the faction for excluding senators.
The reversal was a major victory for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), who had also denounced the bill.
