I just looked at the appropriations bill that got shot down in the Senate. It says very little concerning what actually will be done to stop the influx if illegal aliens. It talks a little about throwing money at things to make it easier to deal with increased flow of illegal aliens. And much of that sounds like a lot until you realize that they are spreading it over the next 3 years. Additionally, it adds money for giving illegal aliens federal assistance. Nothing like an incentive to say “Don’t come!”. NOT! It has us spending as much dealing with refugees in Ukraine and Israel and Drug issues in the Ukraine and the ME as it does dealing with our own border.
The document lists a limit of and average of 5000 illegal aliens cencountered (not total) per day in a consecutive 7 day period or 8500 in one given day before they HAVE to actually start turning them away. But then at the end of the section that spells this out they have this statement:
”‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—Aliens described
in subsection (a)(2)(C) from noncontiguous
countries shall not be included in calculating the sum of aliens encountered. ”
In other words, it is saying that 5000 only applies to Mexicans that arrive illegally. Not Guatamalans, not Hondurans, not Chinese or Iranians…just Mexicans since Mexico is the only contiguous country on our southern border. And if we DID have that many, it goes on to say this limitation would not be activated in 2024 for 270 days, 2025 for 225 days, and 2026 for 180 days.
It goes on and on. After reading it, it does nothing to stop the influx of illegals. It just tries to throw more money at getting them into the country more quickly. Gee, why would anyone think that is okay? Want to blame the Repubs for not supporting this? Go for it. What you are saying is that you don’t want border security.