“The American people should be outraged when they learn about the border security provisions of this deal… Instead of empowering ICE to do their jobs to protect the homeland from criminally violent illegal aliens, conferees agreed to limit their abilities to detain them. Instead of listening to Border Patrol experts, conferees decided to chart their own path towards a politically comfortable solution,” according to Biggs.
Additionally, he wrote, “I urge President Trump to use the authority Congress has already delegated to the executive branch to begin building the wall and additional border security measures. The American people deserve a secure border.”
On Wednesday, Biggs introduced a short-term continuing resolution to fund the government for another week and allow Congress to continue negotiating on border security.
Meanwhile, Trump told White House reporters, “I don’t want to see a shutdown. I don’t want to see another one. There’s no reason for it.”
Many believe that the President will sign the bipartisan spending bill to prevent another government shutdown.
