Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) is the latest U.S. Senate Republican to publicly oppose the pro-immigration border bill announced Sunday, saying the bill would “prevent President Biden from continuing his radical mass immigration policies.” It’s not a hindrance,” he said.
In a comprehensive statement sent via email, Britt first noted that “despite today being the statutory deadline for the President’s FY25 budget request, there are zero signatures on the FY24 appropriations bill.” did.
“Senator Schumer is not allowing a vote on the FY24 spending bill within 96 days, even though Congress is well behind schedule,” she said. Nevertheless, the National Security Supplemental Appropriations Emergency Act of 2024 was proposed.
She continued:
The spending process is deeply broken, resulting in a runaway national debt of over $34.2 trillion that is being pinned onto the backs of our children and our children. This additional funding bill, and the process by which it will be considered, will only make the situation worse.
Britt also said this is “nonsense” because “the budget for FY24 is still up in the air because we don’t have the basic funding.”
“Simply put, how do you make up for something that doesn’t exist? It’s completely backwards,” he said, before delving into the bill’s specific problems, adding, “President Biden continues his radical mass immigration policies. It does not prevent them from doing so.”
“Perhaps most importantly, this bill does not impose meaningful limits on presidents’ abuse of parole, does not end ‘catch-and-release,’ and does not require the government to properly use internal enforcement.” These are three key elements of a strong solution to this case.”The border crisis continues,” she said, adding that the Biden administration is “intentionally “He caused, incited and abetted this crisis.”
Britt continued:
Under the Biden administration’s watch, there were more than 8.8 million illegal crossings. This includes approximately 2 million known fugitives, but we do not know who these people are, where they are going, or what their intentions are. As a result of the president’s catch-and-release spree, the number of detainees soared to more than 6.2 million. This includes a growing number of people (at least 1.3 million) who have received final orders of removal. One relevant statistic stands out to him. Under President Obama, the ratio of illegal encounters to forced removals was 1.3:1; under President Biden, it is an astonishing 22.5:1. Ultimately, the president’s policies, including 94 related executive actions, and open border rhetoric dating back to the 2020 campaign campaign have combined to create national security concerns while imposing devastating humanitarian and economic costs. is seriously endangered. It is disingenuous to think that this president and this secretary of homeland security are suddenly going to use their newly created discretion in a way that is the opposite of what he has been doing for the past three years. Remember – just three weeks ago, President Biden was still publicly denying that there was even a border crisis.
President Biden has made his intentions clear in his funding plans over the past year. His FY24 budget request, which came at a time when the crisis was already raging, proposed a 1% cut to the Department of Homeland Security. In his first supplemental request in August, the president then asked for $1.4 billion for “border control,” a code word for funds that would serve as a magnet for further mass immigration. That includes $600 million for the Shelter and Services Program (SSP), which rolls out the red carpet for people who cross the border illegally. That was followed by an additional request in October – when he increased the SSP request alone to $1.4 billion.
President Joe Biden continues to demonstrate that he “doesn’t want the border crisis to end. He wants to enable the border crisis,” the senator said.
“Ultimately, this bill does not effectively prevent President Biden from carrying out his very agenda, and I do not support it,” she added.
President Biden has made it clear at every step of the process that he doesn’t want to end the border crisis, he wants to enable it.
I do not support this additional funding bill. That’s because it does nothing to effectively prevent President Biden from continuing his massive immigration plan.
— Sen. Katie Boyd Britt (@SenKatieBritt) February 5, 2024
Britt is not the only Republican senator to publicly voice opposition to the bill, as are Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), and Mike Lee. He joins U.S. Sens. (R-Utah) and J.D. Vance (R-Utah). -Ohio), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Steve Daines (R-Montana) said, “The border is not secure and we don’t want taxpayer-funded lawyers to protect illegal immigrants.” “and billions of dollars to radical open border groups.” ”
