U.S. Rep. Dale Strong believes now is the time for Republicans to fight for real border security funding despite the threat of a potential government shutdown.
Negotiations have continued in the Senate in recent days over a compromise funding bill that would give aid to Ukraine and Israel, while also adding measures that will help secure the U.S. southern border.
Once it passes the Senate, it will then head to the House where many Republicans are warning that they won’t vote for legislation that doesn’t address the current border crisis.
Strong (R-Monrovia) discussed the issue Friday on WVNN’s “The Dale Jackson Show.”
“The big thing is that southern border. If you want to draw a line in the sand, that’s the issue,” Strong said. “8.5 million people have illegally crossed into this country since Joe Biden has took over.”
The congressman said there are simple solutions to the border problem.
“Well, I’ll tell you, it’s really easy. Stay in Mexico would fix it immediately,” he argued. “And then the other thing is Biden could take a couple of notes from Donald Trump. He fueled up ICE Air, processed these illegal aliens, and sent them back to the country of their origin. And when he did that stopped it.”
Strong also believes the open border is putting U.S. national security at risk.
“What people might not understand, this isn’t just Latinos coming from Mexico,” he explained. “You look since Joe Biden has taken over, they’re coming from 160 different countries from all over this world. It’s unacceptable. And the other thing that came up the other day is we’ve got 73,000 of what Border Patrol classifies as special interest aliens.”
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Currently many Republicans in the House are calling for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to be impeached, a move Strong wholeheartedly endorses.
“Joe Biden has failed. Secretary Mayorkas has failed,” he argued. “And that’s why we need to move forward with the impeachment on him. He is failing to carry out the laws of American and that’s why they’ve created this debacle at the southern border.”
Strong said he’s hopeful Congress will be able to pass strict security measures as many of his colleagues on the other side of the aisle are showing their frustrating with the current system.
“The tune that has changed up here. You’ve got Democrats that are sick of it finally,” he said. “It’s finally started to affect them. You look at what happened in New York, where they just absolutely created a bunker house our of a school for illegal aliens. I bet you that wouldn’t happen in Alabama. The people in Alabama wouldn’t let that happen.”
Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” Weekdays 9-11am on WVNN. You can follow him on Twitter @Yaffee
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