I’m seriously hoping he is against it because doing comprehensive immigration reform and giving Biden lots of Ukraine money would be giving Biden two wins
Johnson Digs In Against Border Deal to Unlock Ukraine Aid, Defying Biden
Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday threw cold water on the idea of striking an immigration deal with Democrats that could revive stalled legislation to send aid to Ukraine, hours before a meeting in which President Joe Biden planned to make a renewed push for the plan.
“I don’t think now is the time for comprehensive immigration reform because we know how complicated that is,” Johnson said Wednesday morning before an afternoon meeting at the White House. “You can’t do that quickly. I do think it’s past time to secure the border.”
Johnson said he told Biden on Thursday during a 30-minute phone call that he was dug in on the matter and would deliver the same message face to face later Wednesday. Biden has summoned Johnson and other congressional leaders as well as the top-ranking national security committee lawmakers in Congress, in an urgent bid to break a monthslong logjam over military assistance for Ukraine and the border security policies Republicans have insisted are a requirement for the aid.
“I’m going to tell the president what I’m telling all of you, what we’ve told the American people: border, border, border,” Johnson said. “We have to secure our own border before we talk about doing anything else. And that’s the message I’ve had since Day 1.”
Yes, we do. If you do CIR what ends up happening is that tens of millions of illegals/migrants will be given some sort of legal status, all the way up to free, unearned citizenship for a promise of securing the border and other measures to stop illegal immigration in the future, which never appears. We saw how Reagan was duped on this, and how Democrats and squish Republicans, such as Bush 43, McCain, and Graham, tried to push during the later years of the Bush 43 years. That’s what Bush tried to use his capital for winning in 2004 on, and, yes, I did blast him and other Republicans. Many times
A group of Senate Republicans and Democrats as well as Biden administration officials have made substantial progress in recent weeks toward a compromise that would clamp down on migration at the southwestern border and unlock support for a fresh round of money for Ukraine. But House Republicans have stood against the emerging deal, which has infuriated the party’s hard-right base, arguing that a more severe crackdown is needed.
They’ll never get the border measures and such, and should not be giving any sort of pathway to citizenship for people who came illegally. What should be done is boot all illegals out when caught. No hearings, gone. Cross the border? Sent packing. Asylum needs to end, and any here now need to have their cases adjudicated within a year, and all those who do not qualify are sent packing. No more refugees. Other than the standard, legal pathway to citizenship, no one else should be allowed in. The US has shut down immigration many times to give those legal immigrants time to assimilate. And those who won’t should be booted.
If you reward law breaking you get more law breaking.
Johnson suggested that a border deal, even one that met all the Republicans’ demands, might not be enough to win their support for funding Ukraine’s war effort against Russia. He insisted that the administration provide other guarantees and accountability measures.
“What is the endgame and the strategy in Ukraine? How will we have accountability for the funds?” Johnson asked. “We need to know that Ukraine will not be another Afghanistan.”
What is the endgame? It seems like just a dump for US money and arms. There needs to be reasons to continue providing support. Anyhow, as we see from all the sanctuary cities and states whining about illegals being sent to their areas should prove that it’s time to shut it down as much as possible.
BTW, that headline from the NY Times about “defying Biden”? Is he now a dictator? NY Times needs a refresher course on Constitution 101.
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