A $60 billion assist package for Ukraine which supplies about $300 million to bolster the nation’s border struck a nerve with a number of lawmakers more and more annoyed with the administration’s dealing with of the disaster on the U.S. southern border.
On Saturday, the House of Representatives permitted spending $60 billion to assist Ukraine construct up its protection in opposition to Russia’s invasion, with a 311 to 112 vote. Republicans weren’t unanimous of their approval of the measure, with 101 voting in favor of the help bundle, and 112 voting in opposition to it.
Speaker Johnson, R-La., unveiled the international assist plan earlier within the week, although a scarcity of any border safety measures prompted allies to be cautious of letting the payments transfer ahead.
A gathering to advance the bundle ended Wednesday night time with no vote as a result of it supplied funding for Ukraine and never U.S. border safety.
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A bunch of over 100 migrants making an attempt to enter the US illegally rush a border wall Thursday, March 21, 2024. Within the course of the migrants knock down Texas Nationwide Guardsmen earlier than they’re halted by the border wall. (James Breeden for New York Submit / Mega)
A kind of Republican foreign aid hawks on the Home Guidelines Committee was Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas. The Home Guidelines Committee is the ultimate barrier earlier than a bit of laws strikes to the Home ground for a vote.
After the vote, Roy and others turned to the social media platform X to specific their discontent of the international assist bundle.
“Today, I voted no… These bills were brought forward under a contrived process to achieve a pre-determined outcome — a $100 billion, unpaid-for foreign aid package while failing to secure the border,” Roy wrote. “For months, House Republicans — specifically, Speaker Mike Johnson — have been unequivocal that we would not send billions in additional aid to Ukraine without securing our own border first. This package represents a complete reversal of a position that previously unified the Republican conference, despite the clear & present danger the southern border represents to U.S. national security.”
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Roy mentioned he supported Ukraine’s effort to defeat Putin, however added he can’t help sending $60 billion in further funding with out the U.S. having a “clear mission” and “policy changes necessary” to secure its own border.
Like Roy, Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., voted in opposition to the bundle due to “urgent problems” occurring within the U.S.
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“States and cities across our nation are grappling with the consequences of Biden’s border crisis, inflation continues to squeeze the budgets of every American household, and our country is over $34 trillion in debt,” Cline mentioned. “As I continue fighting for the people of Virginia’s Sixth District, I urge my colleagues in Congress and the Biden Administration to listen to the American people and put their concerns first.”
Home Freedom Caucus member Rep. Eric Burlison additionally weighed in.
“Republicans have control of the House, and we should be leveraging it to secure our border, unfortunately the Uniparty is working to secure the borders of Ukraine instead of our own border,” he mentioned. “This has to stop, we should be putting AMERICA FIRST!”
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Burlison, Cline, and Roy couldn’t be reached for touch upon the matter.
In accordance with U.S. Customs and Border Safety sources, there have been over 7,000 encounters on the southern border on Friday, following two days in a row of about 6,500. Throughout prior weeks, the variety of encounters had been within the 4,000s and 5,000s.
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“We are beyond disappointed that the House would give aid to secure the borders of foreign countries but gave nothing to allow the Border Patrol to secure the safety of the United States,” Brandon Judd, president of the Nationwide Border Patrol Council, instructed Fox Information. “There’s nothing more backwards. I wouldn’t have even expected tax payer’s dollars. They could have given us policy, and that would have been enough.”
Fox Information Digital’s Elizabeth Elkind and Invoice Melugin contributed to this report.
