The crisis at the Texas border has escalated with Texas Governor Greg Abbott taking measures to secure the border and the Biden administration fighting him in court.
According to Johnson, leveraging existing legal authority is crucial for reclaiming the nation’s sovereignty and ending the mass release of illegal aliens into the country.
Biden Border Deal
The Republicans remain divided over its support for the pending bipartisan border deal. Johnson’s stance comes in response to Biden’s statement on Friday, where the President pledged to close the U.S.-Mexico border “when it becomes overwhelmed” if the bipartisan border security legislation clears Congress.
Biden touted the proposed legislation as the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border in the nation’s history.
The border bill is currently undergoing negotiations in the Senate, accompanied by funding for Ukraine and other U.S. allies. Johnson, in a letter to his colleagues, asserted that the GOP-led House would reject the negotiated legislation if the rumors about the border deal proved true, dubbing it “dead on arrival.”
Bipartisan solution out of reach?
The White House has responded by urging House Republicans to choose between finding a bipartisan solution and scoring political points.
