Thomas Stevenson Jan 14, 2024 thepostmillenial.com
"Congressional Republicans have refused to consider my comprehensive plan," Biden said.
President Joe
Biden recently suggested that the border
crisis is worsening at the fault of Republicans in Congress after not
approving his request for more funding that would increase immigration
processing.
"On my first day in office...I sent Congress a comprehensive piece of
legislation that would completely overhaul what has been a broken immigration
system for a long time," Biden said in remarks last week.
"But congressional Republicans have refused to consider my comprehensive
plan. And they rejected my recent request for an additional $3.5 billion to
secure the border and funds for 2,000 new asylum personnel."
Republicans in Congress say they have rejected the proposal because the
package's funding would put money into processing immigrants into the country
rather than actual border enforcement.
Addressing Biden's border policies, House Speaker Mike Johnson said,
"What the White House is proposing is more money to process and allow more
illegals into the country. We need to do the opposite of that."
Johnson recounted an experience
talking to the deputy chief of the border patrol who said that the border is
like a fire hydrant and Biden's policies instead of stopping the flow of water
have let it go.
"'I don't need more buckets... I need to turn the flow off.' That's why
we're here today," Johnson said.
In December, there was a record set of over 300,000 illegal
immigrant encounters at the border. That figure does not take into account
gotaways.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has also been hit
with hearings on a resolution for him to
be impeached by House Republicans over his handling of the illegal
immigration crisis at the southern border.
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