The votes represent a growing demand among leading Democrats for action at the southern border.
Several Democratic members of the House are siding with a Republican-led effort to condemn President Joe Biden ’s handling of the southern border.“denouncing the Biden administration's immigration policies.” The measure names both Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as being responsible for having “created the worst border security crisis in the Nation’s history.”
The Biden administration has purposely violated United States immigration law by refusing to detain inadmissible aliens arriving at the border,” it reads. “When implemented by the Trump administration, the Migrant Protection Protocols helped reduce illegal immigration. Whereas, despite its effectiveness and despite the advice of career Department of Homeland Security officials not to do so, the Biden administration terminated the Migrant Protection Protocols.
“We have to listen to people in rural and working class and the trades communities about what the impact of a unsecured border is in our communities, and so part of it is just resting back the narrative and saying, like, this is not a partisan issue," she said. "This is an issue of community."Jackson Walker on X at @_jlwalker_ for the latest trending national news. Have a news tip? Send it to [email protected].
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