House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is set to demand “transformative policy change” on the U.S.-Mexico border during a meeting with President Joe Biden and other leaders.
He emphasized that any deal for additional funding for Ukraine and Israel would need to be linked to border security funding and policy changes.
Johnson highlighted the urgency of the border issue, citing concerns about fentanyl-related deaths, human trafficking, and the influx of single adult males.
Today I will tell President Biden directly: House Republicans are demanding transformative policy change to secure the border.
The American people deserve nothing less. pic.twitter.com/R5g80zlqFa
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) January 17, 2024
“Today I will tell President Biden directly: House Republicans are demanding transformative policy change to secure the border. The American people deserve nothing less,” Johnson said.
“We’re not playing politics with this,” Johnson added.
“We’re demanding real, transformative policy change because that’s what the American people need and deserve — and what they’re demanding as well. House Republicans are standing on that line, and I will tell the president that today.”
”I’ve been saying it consistently since the moment I was handed this gavel,” Johnson said. “And that’s never changed.”
“The cartels on the border are making billions of dollars trafficking humans into the U.S.,” he added. “Sixty to seventy percent of the people that cross at the — Eagle Pass, which is the main funnel right now — are single, adult males between the ages of 18 and 40. These are not ‘huddled masses’ of families seeking refuge and asylum, these are people coming here probably with ill design.”
The meeting is scheduled to occur at the White House.
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