Has been THAT their postion forever….
They complain about the border being ‘overan’….
Then throw THAT back at Democrats…..
The President, and even Democratic states, and cities with legal migrant exports….
(Border crossing are actually down by double digits right now)
Senate Republicans are vowing to block a bipartisan border security deal from moving forward on the floor, three months after Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) hailed it as a “huge success,” reflecting the rising partisan tensions of an election year.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) plans to hold a vote to advance it Thursday, but no Republican senator has yet said they will vote for it, even though it was endorsed by the National Border Patrol Council and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
McConnell, who helped negotiate the border security packageearlier this year when it was attached to $61 billion in Ukraine aid, called the Democrats’ plan to bring it back to the floor “a gimmick.” And he said it has no chance of passing the Senate or the House.
McConnell told President Biden in a phone call Monday that Republicans will not vote for the border security deal they hashed out with Democrats earlier this year.
He instead urged Biden to address the border crisis through executive actions, even though administration officials have said for months they have limited authority to stop border crossings without congressional action.
“I said to him … Mr. President, you caused this problem. There’s no legislation that allows the problem to be fixed. Why don’t you just allow what the previous administration was doing,” McConnell said.
Republicans are pointing to Biden’s decision to stop construction of the border wall, expand the parole of migrants into the country, and end the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy….