As Democrats and Republicans battle over a third reconciliation bill, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) is accusing Democrats of undermining border security funding by refusing to back resources for immigration enforcement and national security.
“You can’t even put into words that there’s a modern political party that represents almost half of our members of Congress who will refuse to fund the people responsible for securing the border of the United States,” Roy said.
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Republicans have been pushing for a third reconciliation bill that would allocate $70 billion to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. Democrats have been reluctant to approve the funds, arguing that passing a third bill would be used to “fast-track” the Republican Party’s spending wish list and bypass negotiations.
“Thank God for President Trump, thank God for [Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin], for [border czar] Tom Homan, for all the brave men and women of the ICE border patrol, and thank God that Republicans are standing up and doing the job that is necessary,” Roy said.
Roy emphasized that not all Democrats oppose funding Border Patrol and ICE, noting that Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) supports the effort as debate over the reconciliation bill continues. “God bless Sen. Fetterman for at least acknowledging it and being willing to work with us for common-sense things like that,” he said.
Though Republicans have yet to pass their second reconciliation bill, the Trump administration is hopeful the bill will secure funds for national security.
“And he’s also right about what we need to do on the funding on the ballroom. It’s absurd that [Democrats are] making this into some political issue. This is part of the White House infrastructure. They know they want to put in some secure facilities below it so that we have a stronger place there for the leaders of our government,” Roy said.
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“You’d think in a post-9/11 world, Democrats would recognize we need that for our leaders regardless of party. No, instead Democrats have been more interested in importing almost 6 million people from majority Muslim countries since 9/11,” Roy said.
“They don’t care about the status and security of our country,” he said.
