Former President Trump has rejected the newly floated Senate border funding deal, claiming it will be ineffective in securing the border and warning it will be “another gift to the radical left Democrats.”
“The current border deal will be another gift to the radical left of the Democratic Party. They need it politically, but they don't care about the border,” he said on Truth Social. .
Lawmakers are working toward an agreement on additional White House requests, including border funding and aid to Ukraine and Israel. The White House had requested $14 billion in border funding, but Republicans have called for tighter limits on asylum and inland releases.
Senate border bill would allow 5,000 immigrants a day before Title 42 restrictions begin.arouse the anger of conservatives
Fox News Digital reported this week that the package currently being considered includes stricter language for an initial credible fear standard in asylum reviews.
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump points to a supporter at the end of a campaign rally at the Atkinson Country Club on January 16, 2024 in Atkinson, New Hampshire. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Related to this are Title 42-style expulsion authorities that quickly remove immigrants at the border, similar to authorities in the age of COVID-19. Sources said the exercise of that power would only be required in the following cases: 7 day moving average There are over 5,000 encounters a day. More than 4,000 encounters will be discretionary, and if he has more than 8,000 encounters in a day, he will be subject to expulsion.
The bill would also limit the availability of humanitarian parole at the border, shorten wait times for work permits, grant work permits to children of temporary visa holders who turn 21, and increase ICE detention. It becomes.
The bill's provisions are still in flux, but negotiators say they hope to finalize the text soon.
But details of the package have angered conservatives, who say it doesn't go far enough to secure the border and accept mass releases into the interior as the new normal. It is also unlikely to pass the House, where Republicans are demanding the entirety of last year's Republican border bill, HR2.
The border deal could cost more than $14 billion, but Republican lawmakers are uneasy about the bill's text.
President Trump said what the Senate is currently working on “is going to be pointless in terms of border security and closure.”
The former president, who is a leading candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, says there is only one solution to the border crisis: elect him to the White House.
A Fox News drone video shows a group of about 2,200 migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border toward Eagle Pass, Texas. (Fox News)
“Four years ago we had the safest and most secure border in the history of our country, and now we have probably the worst border anywhere in the world. Either way, we want to have a really secure border. If so, that's your only hope.'' Please vote for TRUMP2024! ” He said.
His criticism echoes those from some Republicans in the Senate who held a press conference this week to slam the policy.
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”[This bill] is a kamikaze plane headed for a train wreck in a box canyon with no exit,” Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said at a news conference, later calling it “a pile of stinking shitty bills.”
But Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), one of the package's lead negotiators, told Fox News this week that given the border crisis and what he saw as a denial, “we're doing everything we can.” “He said he was trying to move forward. Action from the Democratic Party.
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“Senate Democrats don't want to address these issues and have refused to even hold hearings on these issues for the past three years while the whole country watches the chaos,” he said. “The Democratic-led Senate has ignored that all along. We have a president who says, 'Hey, it's not my fault,' when everyone knows it's his fault. Other presidents shouldn't have done this.” “So we're trying to take steps to make sure something like this never happens again, so that in a few days, whoever is president, the authorities… You can be there and see that we control our borders.” ”
FOX News' Aisha Husny contributed to this report.
