Sen. John Thune (R-South Dakota) and other pro-establishment Republican senators want former President Donald Trump to back out of closed-door negotiations with pro-immigration Democrats.
“That's not helpful,” said Thune, who is chief of staff to Republican leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). Said CNN. “It has a lot of the elements of good conservative border policy that we've been trying to achieve for years,” he told reporters.
Retired Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) told CNN, “There's no question that there are people who don't want to get a solution to their problem, and they think it might help the other person.” “That's because we're here.” “Do you think Donald Trump has any influence over politics? Yes,” Romney said, continuing to support legislation that would allow foreign workers to take jobs and housing that Americans need. He said that he has supported it.
Late Wednesday, President Trump TruthSocial.com:
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 conclude a border agreement at all unless there is. 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.
Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota) complained that Trump's interference “makes things even more difficult because so many people are taking direct control from him.”He's pushing legislation to further help foreigner Get the career America's professionals want.
Mr. McConnell wants to hold a vote on the deal next week, minimizing the time Republican voters have to read and protest the bill before a Senate vote.
Thune is pushing the bill, which is likely to increase the legal flow of immigrants.
“With Republicans in the Senate, there's no way we're going to get the kind of border policy we're talking about,” Thune said. Said Punch Bowl News. “This is a unique moment. It's a chance to have really conservative borders. [policies] That's something we haven't had for 40 years. ”
But some establishment senators are ambivalent about the deal, partly because Mr. Biden's move is extremely unpopular with voters. They are wary of Mr. Trump's influence within the Republican Party, where most members are now alienated from the business-led establishment leadership.
“We want to make sure that everyone has the opportunity to see and fully understand what this bill does,” Thune said. Said Punch Bowl News. “I don't think we're in any particular hurry. It's more important to get it right.”
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), the top Republican negotiator in the talks, said he would not support the bill until a majority of the Senate Republican caucus (25 of 49 members) supports the deal.
politiko report:
Senate Republicans do not control the chamber, but Lankford explained his thoughts in an interview. Getting anything signed by at least 25 of the 49 Republican senators would be enough to force Speaker Mike Johnson to launch a huge emergency spending bill with Ukraine aid without losing the gavel to a conservative revolt. He's betting that it might.
When Lankford met with House Republicans on Wednesday, he said he would not support a border deal that narrowly avoids the 60 votes needed to overturn the filibuster. Lankford explained that he doesn't want to win “51 Democrats and 10 Republicans.” …That's not what I mean. This isn't just trying to shoehorn it into them. ”
Other Republican senators have also been reluctant to contradict Mr. Trump. “I humbly disagree with the president,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), one of the most pro-immigrant Republican senators. Trump “had no idea what we were negotiating. … I think it would be illegal to lose this opportunity to get this bill passed,” he said.
Details of the deal are unclear, but leaks suggest it would support Biden's efforts to import an unlimited number of foreign immigrants into American society. The huge influx will collapse Americans' living standards and transfer vast amounts of wealth to wealthy investors on Wall Street.
Numerous reports from Capitol Hill say the remaining disagreement among negotiators is over the “parole” loophole at the border.
Biden's lawmakers are using parole loopholes to import millions of immigrants seeking jobs and housing that would otherwise go to Americans. A compromise on parole would increase the flow of legal immigrants into the United States.
To my Democratic colleagues: If you think Republicans are going to condone parole abuses by the Biden administration, you are sorely mistaken. The Biden administration has seen an approximately 20,000% increase in the use of parole authority compared to the Obama and Trump administrations…
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) January 18, 2024
Currently, the federal government accepts 1 million legal immigrants and approximately 500,000 foreign contract workers annually.
Biden's team has admitted an additional 5 million immigrants since 2021. The total influx adds one new immigrant for every two births in the United States.
Migrants join a caravan heading to the US border in the community of Arriaga, Chiapas, Mexico, on January 8, 2024. (Photo by STRINGER/AFP)
Democrats are pushing this because Republicans want to minimize the visibility of immigration issues during the 2024 election. For example, Biden's lawmakers appear to have struck a deal with the Mexican government to deter immigration.
Biden's lawmakers are also asking Republicans for an additional $14 billion to transport, house and shelter migrants during the 2024 campaign.
Without additional funding, voters will see more penniless and homeless immigrants living in poverty in their cities, towns and counties. For example, Breitbart News reported on January 3 that he:
President Joe Biden's migration brought about 1,000 poor Latino immigrants to the impoverished college town of Whitewater, Wisconsin, according to a city police petition.
“Their arrival has put a huge strain on our existing resources,” he says. letter to biden By the city manager and police chief of a city with a population of 15,000.
Extract migration
Since at least 1990, the federal government has relied on extractive immigration to grow the economy, allowing investors to move high-wage manufacturing to low-wage countries.
Immigration policies rob poor countries of vast human resources.Additional workers, consumers and renters boost stock prices By lowering American wages, subsidizing less productive businesses, raising rents, and inflating real estate prices.
This economic policy has deprived many American-born people of careers in various business fields, reduced the productivity and political influence of American-born people, reduced high-tech innovation, and reduced government officials. It became possible to ignore policy. increased mortality rate About poor Americans.
The policy also removes jobs and wealth from heartland states by subsidizing coastal investors and government agencies with large numbers of low-wage workers, high-occupancy renters, and government-supported consumers. It's sucking it up.
Policies like colonialism also killed thousands of immigrants, including many of the immigrants. Taxpayer-funded jungle trail Passing through the Darién Canyon in Panama.
