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House Republican leaders released a statement on the Senate\u2019s immigration bill.<\/p>\n
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), and Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) wrote<\/a>, \u201cHouse Republicans oppose the Senate immigration bill because it fails in every policy area needed to secure our border and would actually incentivize more illegal immigration.<\/p>\n \u201cAmong its many flaws, the bill expands work authorizations for illegal aliens while failing to include critical asylum reforms. Even worse, its language allowing illegals to be \u2018released from physical custody\u2019 would effectively endorse the Biden \u2018catch and release\u2019 policy.<\/p>\n \u201cThe so-called \u2018shutdown\u2019 authority in the bill is anything but, riddled with loopholes that grant far too much discretionary authority to Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas \u2013 who has proven he will exploit every measure possible, in defiance of the law, to keep the border open.<\/p>\n \u201cThe bill also fails to adequately stop the President\u2019s abuse of parole authority and provides for taxpayer funds to fly and house illegal immigrants in hotels through the FEMA Shelter and Services Program.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBecause President Biden has refused to utilize his broad executive authority to end the border catastrophe that he has created, the House led nine months ago with the passage of the Secure the Border Act (H.R. 2),\u201d the Republicans wrote. \u201cThat bill contains the necessary components to actually stem the flow of illegals and end the present crisis. The Senate must take it up immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n The Republican leaders emphasized that \u201cAmerica\u2019s sovereignty is at stake,\u201d noting, \u201cAny consideration of this Senate bill in its current form is a waste of time. It is DEAD on arrival in the House. We encourage the U.S. Senate to reject it.\u201d<\/p>\n The statement comes in response to a Senate\u00a0bill\u00a0<\/a>proposing to allocate $650 million for the continuation of the border wall at the United States-Mexico border, while simultaneously earmarking $48 billion in taxpayer funds to Ukraine.<\/p>\n According to Sen. James Lankford\u2019s (R-OK) office, the bill allocates<\/a> nearly $50 billion to support Ukraine\u2019s border defense efforts. In contrast, only $650 million is designated \u201cto build and reinforce miles and miles of new border wall,\u201d a figure that may cover only a limited stretch of the border.<\/p>\n