Biden supports ‘tough’ and ‘fair’ Senate border bill text
President Biden praised the bipartisan border agreement announced Sunday night and called on Congress to move quickly to pass the bill and bring it to the table for signature. “Now, we have reached agreement on a bipartisan national security agreement that includes the toughest and fairest border reform in decades, and I strongly support it,” […]
‘An Absolute Non-Starter’: House Republicans Vow To Tank Senate Border Bill
Top House Republicans pledged Sunday to repeal a 370-page foreign aid and border security package released by Senate negotiators, arguing it is a “magnet” for more illegal immigration. Republican Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana declared the Senate bill dead on arrival after Washington Democratic Sen. Patty Murray announced it. sentence The bill was passed Sunday […]
Here’s what’s in the Senate’s border security deal
Senate negotiators on Sunday night announced a long-awaited move to address what they called a “security crisis” at the southern border and stop a surge of 10,000 migrants per day from countries around the world. announced a partisan agreement. of An ambitious series of reforms The deal includes speeding up the adjudication of asylum claims […]
Scalise: No vote for Senate border bill in House
House Minority Leader Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) declared Sunday that the Senate’s bipartisan border bill will not be taken up in the House after negotiators released the bill after months of debate. Mr. Scalise echoed previous statements by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), citing claims that the bill would allow 5,000 immigrants per day, which negotiators […]
Senate Border Bill Will Be Exploited by Criminal Cartels and ‘Lawless’ Mayorkas
Congress should only pass border agreements that end the “perverse incentives” for illegal immigration created by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, said House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.). said Sunday night. Senate negotiators unveiled the long-awaited pro-immigration border deal Sunday night, days before a Senate vote. Greene promised the House would not bow to […]
Border deal meets immediate blowback from conservatives, Trump allies in Congress
The long-awaited bipartisan border deal ran into swift opposition from hardline conservatives and allies of former President Trump within hours of negotiators releasing the 370-page draft deal. They are He denounced it as an “amnesty bill.” He said it “erased borders” and attacked the Ukrainian funds it contained, calling it “a complete pushover and gross” […]
Border Bill Will Not Get a Vote
House Minority Leader Steve Scalise said Sunday that the newly announced border security bill will not be voted on in the House after it passes the Senate. “Let me be clear: the Senate border bill will not get a vote in the House. Here’s what the people promoting this “deal” aren’t saying: “It’s letting in […]
Border ‘Shutdown’ Rule Is Optional, Loopholed, Temporary Distraction
A provision buried deep in the 280-page bill says that emergency border “closures” touted in the regime’s border law would not be triggered unless the president’s Department of Homeland Security says so. ing. Possible loopholes in the law include: saw Page 119: Whenever border emergency authorities are activated, the Secretary, in the Secretary’s sole and […]
Speaker Johnson Pledges ‘Worse Than Expected’ Senate Border Bill ‘Dead on Arrival’ in House
“We’ve seen enough,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) declared Sunday night. Just hours after Senate negotiators unveiled a pro-immigration border bill, Prime Minister Johnson vowed the bill would never pass the House of Commons. “This bill is even worse than we expected and far from ending the border disaster the president has wrought,” Johnson wrote […]
Speaker Johnson: Border bill is ‘even worse than we expected’
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) blasted the Senate’s bipartisan border deal hours after the Senate released the long-awaited text of the deal, saying the deal was “even worse than we anticipated.” “Bad,” he wrote, and declared the agreement “dead on arrival.” House. “We’ve seen enough. This bill is even worse than we expected and will […]