The House Republicans have had enough and the crisis at the southern border must end. Republican lawmakers control the purse strings in Congress and are warning Democrats that if the law isn’t followed and immediately shutdown the border for illegal entries, then the government will shutdown.
House Speaker Mike Johnson and 60 of his fellow lawmakers took a trip to the southern border to see firsthand just how the Biden administration policies are creating chaos. The Biden administration allowed millions of illegal immigrants to enter the United States in a blatant attempt by Democrats to have illegal immigrants then change voting demographics to lean more Democratic.
Republicans clearly see what is happening and tied any further Ukraine funding to shutting down the border. According to reporting by Bill Melugin of Fox News, numerous lawmakers said “Shut the border down, or we’ll shut the government down. We control the money.”
“It’s time to act with urgency. The time for ‘meetings, speeches, and press conferences’ is long over and it is now time for Republicans to either step up and use the power of the purse to secure the border,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said in a press release “Otherwise, we will be guaranteed to fail – and so will America.’”
“Urgency means not waiting for the next election, and the only tool Congress has left to stop this President from ignoring the law and endangering citizens is its spending power,” Roy said. “So, I am obliged to inform you of my duty to refuse to fund – or otherwise empower – the United States Government, or any foreign government it is supporting, unless and until it fulfills its constitutional obligation to defend our borders from invasion, as required in our republican form of government, and make the people of Texas whole for its breach of duty.”
Roy has garnered much support from his colleagues with many conservative Republicans echoing the demands to secure the border.
“My fellow Texans rightly ask whether Texas and similarly minded Americans should remain part of a federal government forsaking their well-being, safety, and security in violation of the compact under which we entered the union. This is not a passing concern or political hyperbole – but a constitutional crisis,” Roy declared. “To be certain, use of our constitutional authority to withhold funds to force adherence to the law comes with cries of ‘government shutdown’ and concerns we will fail to sustain key priorities such as funding for troops and Border Patrol agents themselves.”
Roy claims that America is a much more dangerous place now that President Biden willfully allowed the border to be wide open.
“The threat to citizens we represent and the Republic we take an oath to defend is real – marked notably by the release of dangerous terrorists and criminals into our communities. All members of Congress should be on notice: they own it if they fund it. We must finally use our Article One constitutional authority to force the (Article Two) President to end his abuse of power that endangers Americans with open borders,” Roy said. “Alone, each of us represents only 1/435th of 1/2 of Congress. Together, however, we have the power to force the change we promised to deliver. If we fight, we may or may not deliver everything we need, but we will deliver relief and inspiration. If we choose not to fight, we will be guaranteed to fail – and so will America.”