In response to President Joe Biden’s request for additional authority for managing the border disaster, which he already possesses as president, former President Donald Trump criticized Biden for his deceptive contention.
The bipartisan accord, currently pending agreement among Senate negotiators, may grant the Biden administration the authority to shut down the border in the event that specific benchmarks for daily illegal entries are met.
“What’s been negotiated would – if passed into law – be the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border we’ve ever had in our country,” Biden stated in a press release on Friday.
“It would give me, as President, a new emergency authority to shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed. And if given that authority, I would use it the day I sign the bill into law,” he further stated.
Trump issued a stern warning against the budget deal on his social media platform, Truth Social.
“Just 3 years ago we had the strongest and safest Border in U.S. History. Today we have a catastrophe waiting to happen. It is the WORST BORDER IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, an open wound in our once great Country. TERRORISTS ARE POURING IN, UNCHECKED, FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. There is now a 100% chance that there will be MAJOR TERROR ATTACKS IN THE USA. CLOSE THE BORDER!” Trump stated emphatically.
“A BAD BORDER DEAL IS FAR WORSE THAN NO BORDER DEAL,” the former president warned.
Trump continued:
“302,000 Migrant Encounters in December, an all-time Record!”
OUR BORDER HAS BECOME A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION — OUR DESTRUCTION!!!
From the Best Border in History to the Worst Border in History — All in just 3 Years!!!
Governor Ron DeSantis also revealed the true nature of a budget agreement, highlighting its deceptive and misleading aspects.
“Stopping the invasion at our border is a matter of will,” he exclaimed. “It doesn’t require a so-called deal that codifies into law illegal entries in excess of 1.8 million per year and provides incentives for future illegal immigration.”
According to his sources in DC, Fox News’ Bill Melugin provided a concise summary of the budget arrangement as it existed Friday night.
Here is the information that Melugin conveyed:
BREAKING: Senate border deal details, per source familiar I just had a call with.
– Mandatory detention of all single adults.
BREAKING: Senate border deal details, per source familiar I just had a call with.
– Mandatory detention of all single adults.
– Mandatory “shut down” of border once average daily migrant encounters hits 5,000. Importantly, this 5,000 number includes 1,400 CBP One app…
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 27, 2024
– Mandatory “shut down” of border once average daily migrant encounters hits 5,000. Importantly, this 5,000 number includes 1,400 CBP One app entries at ports of entry per day, and roughly 3,600 illegal crossings per day.
– How is that enforced? Once the 5,000 threshold is hit, a new authority is codified into law that requires Border Patrol to immediately remove illegal immigrants they catch without processing. They would not get to request asylum, they would immediately be removed. This includes removals back to Mexico, and deportations to home countries. This would be a *massive* change from current policy, which is that once an illegal immigrant reaches US soil, they must be processed via Title 8 and allowed to claim asylum. Under this new authority – they are not processed, and they are mandatorily immediately removed once the “shut down” threshold is reached.
– This “shut down” also takes effect is there are 8,500 migrant encounters in a single day.
– The “shut down” would not lift the next day. It wouldn’t lift until daily encounters are reduced to under 75% of the 5,000 threshold for at least two weeks. This means the “shut down” authority would not lift until two weeks of an average of less than 3,750 migrant encounters per day.
– Some family units will be released with ATD (Alternatives to Detention, ankle monitors etc).
– New removal authority to immediately remove all migrants who do not have valid asylum claims, which will be determined within 6 months rather than the years long process we have right now.
– Any migrant caught trying to cross twice during “shut down” phase would be banned from entering US for one year.
– US will need agreement with Mexico for MX to take back non Mexican illegal immigrants. This hasn’t been ironed out yet.
– President Biden approves of the deal and is ready to sign it as is, right now, and implement the new authority it would give him.
The budget agreement would additionally link the provision of funds to Ukraine and Israel with the condition of securing further financing for U.S. border protection.