House Speaker Mike Johnson and other officials have expressed strong opposition to a bill related to the border, stating that it is 'dead on arrival' in the House. Johnson emphasized that the bill would further incentivize illegal immigration and not address the existing problems in the asylum and parole systems. The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the bill, but its fate in the House appears bleak.
“It is DEAD on arrival in the House. We encourage the U.S. Senate to reject it.” https://t.co/gi94We6Cti
Speaker Johnson: This bill would actually further incentivize illegal immigration, it would not resolve any of the problems, not reform in any meaningful way the broken asylum system, the broken parole process, and all the things that have created this catastrophe. @FoxNews…
.@SpeakerJohnson to Laura @IngrahamAngle: "We did read through it, Laura, and it did not take long to realize that this is dead on arrival. There's no way we could bring this through the House...What it would do is actually further incentivize illegal immigration. It would not… https://t.co/rHzhMogfgp
1) Johnson on Fox on border bill: We did read through it.. and it did not take long to realize that this is dead on arrival. There's no way we could bring this through the House. What it would do is actually further incentivize illegal immigration.
Even before an expected Senate vote on the bill, House Speaker Mike Johnson said that the legislation was “dead on arrival.” https://t.co/TjUdiCRgqS
.@SpeakerJohnson: "If this bill reaches the House, it will be dead on arrival." https://t.co/VeALWJPbBm