MBS News in Alabama The Senate’s border security plan has drawn criticism from all eight Republican members of Alabama’s congressional delegation, who claim it will not be sufficient to stop illegal border crossings.
Sen. Katie Britt, a Republican from Alabama, attacked President Biden’s handling of the border security issue and stressed that it was a major emphasis of her 2022 campaign. According to Britt, President Biden has consistently expressed his desire to facilitate the border situation rather than resolve it. Since this supplemental financing bill won’t actually stop President Biden from pursuing his agenda for mass migration, I will not support it.
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
The plan sets aside $20 billion for border security, $60 billion for Ukraine, and $14 billion for Israel. It also provides funding for the hiring of more officers to evaluate asylum applications, the hiring of hundreds of Border Patrol agents, and the reduction of fentanyl imports.
The bill has Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a Republican from Alabama, as an unwavering opponent.
He remarked, “I can’t believe this is the border security bill that’s been negotiated.” This measure obliterates American independence. It will shackle the next President who genuinely wants to safeguard our borders and defend our nation and erode immigration rules for decades to come. The purpose of this measure is to legitimize the influx of undocumented immigrants into the United States of America. I’m not going to go.
Rep. Barry Moore, a Republican from Enterprise, stated that he would oppose the bill if it came to the House floor and criticized its objectives. Ukraine is mentioned 370 times in the border security bill in the Senate. Only $20 billion of taxpayer funds are sent to our southern border, but $60 billion is sent to Ukraine. I AM AGAINST this Act. Prioritize America! Moore emphasized his position on X, a social media network that was formerly known as Twitter, by using the hashtag #KilltheBill.
The Senate “border security” bill mentions Ukraine 370 times.
It sends $60 billion in taxpayer dollars to Ukraine and only $20 billion to our southern border.
I OPPOSE this legislation. America First! #KilltheBill
Rep. Barry Moore (@RepBarryMoore) February 5, 2024
Rep. Gary Palmer, a Republican from Hoover, denounced the plan as detrimental to the country and called it a cheap substitute for a border security measure. He expressed a preference for a different course of action to handle the matter by arguing for the Senate to adopt the House’s version of the legislation pertaining to border issues.
I cannot believe the Senate actually thinks this bill will secure our border. This poor excuse for a border security bill will continue to incentivize illegal crossings and will not have my support.
Gary Palmer (@USRepGaryPalmer) February 5, 2024
The proposal, according to Rep. Jerry Carl, a Republican from Mobile, just encourages illegal immigration into the country.
The Senate “border bill” allows 5,000 immigrants a day into our country and that s just the beginning.
This bill does nothing but reward illegal immigration into the U.S.
We need to finish the wall and end the border crisis. The Senate MUST pass HR 2.
Rep. Jerry Carl (@RepJerryCarl) February 5, 2024
The Senate border bill is Dead on Arrival in the House. We have an unprecedented national security crisis at our border. We deserve a secure border, protection from fentanyl traffickers, and communities not overrun by illegals. This bill doesn t measure up. #senateborderbill
Robert Aderholt (@Robert_Aderholt) February 5, 2024
Let me be clear: The Senate Border Bill will NOT receive a vote in the House.
Here s what the people pushing this deal aren t telling you: It accepts 5,000 illegal immigrants a day and gives automatic work permits to asylum recipients a magnet for more illegal immigration.
Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) February 5, 2024
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The measure, said to Huntsville representative Dale Strong, R-Rep, won’t significantly help our border situation.
He expressed concern that the emergency authority are so replete with exclusions, waivers, and loopholes that they won’t really help our border situation after reading the 370 pages the Senate made public. For instance, the law establishes a new Border Emergency Authority, but it only gives the President the authority to deploy it when at least 4,000 illegal aliens cross the border in a single day and only during the first nine months of the year.
