Senator Katie Britt (R-AL) has joined other Republican senators in opposing the pro-migration border bill, emphasizing that it would not halt President Biden’s mass migration agenda.
She criticized the bill’s process and highlighted the lack of meaningful limits on presidential parole abuse, the continuation of “Catch and Release,” and the absence of strong interior enforcement.
Sen. Katie Britt wrote, “the President’s budget request for FY25 is statutorily due today, yet zero FY24 appropriations bills have been signed into law.”
At every step along the way, President Biden has made it clear that he doesn't want to end the border crisis – he wants to enable it.
I won't support this supplemental funding bill, because it would not effectively stop President Biden from continuing his mass migration agenda.
— Senator Katie Boyd Britt (@SenKatieBritt) February 5, 2024
“Despite how monumentally behind schedule Congress is, Senator Schumer has not allowed an FY24 appropriations bill to come to the floor in 96 days,” she continued.
Britt added, “The appropriations process is badly broken, and the result is a runaway national debt of more than $34.2 trillion that is being dumped onto the backs of our children and our children’s children. This supplemental funding bill – and the process by which it is slated to be considered – would only make things worse.”
“Simply put, how can we supplement something that doesn’t exist? It’s completely backwards,” argued the Senator.
“Perhaps most importantly, the legislation would not place any meaningful limits on Presidential abuse of parole, would not end ‘Catch and Release,’ and would not force this Administration to begin properly executing interior enforcement – three crucial elements of any strong solution to the ongoing border crisis,” continued Britt.
Britt added that Biden “willfully caused, fueled, and facilitated this crisis.”
Britt underscored the impact of the Biden administration’s policies on national security, emphasizing its role in the ongoing border crisis.
“Under the Biden Administration’s watch, there have been more than 8.8 million illegal crossings; this includes nearly 2 million known gotaways – we don’t know who these people are, where they’re going, or what their intentions are. The President’s catch and release spree has resulted in the non-detained docket skyrocketing to more than 6.2 million individuals. This includes a growing number – at least 1.3 million – who have final orders of removal,” revealed the Alabama Republican.
“One related statistic jumps out. Under President Obama, the ratio of illegal encounters to removals was 1.3:1, while it is a shocking 22.5:1 under President Biden. At the end of the day, the President’s policies – including his 94 related executive actions – and his open borders rhetoric going back to the campaign trail in the 2020 cycle have combined to gravely endanger our national security while imposing devastating humanitarian and economic costs. It is unserious to think that this President and this Secretary of Homeland Security are all of a sudden going to exercise newly created discretionary authorities in the polar-opposite manner in which they have operated for three years,” she continued.
“Remember—just three weeks ago, President Biden was still openly denying that a border crisis even existed,” emphasized Britt in her statement.
She also pointed out President Biden’s funding proposals, suggesting that they enable rather than resolve the crisis.
Britt alleged that Biden “doesn’t want to end the border crisis – he wants to enable it.”
“Ultimately, this bill would not effectively block President Biden from executing that very agenda, and I won’t support it,” concluded Britt.
Britt’s opposition aligns with other Republican senators who have voiced concerns about the bill’s failure to secure the border and its allocation of resources to various groups.
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