Congressman Keith Self additionally says he helps the impeachment effort in opposition to Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
MCKINNEY, Texas — Congressman Keith Self, R-McKinney, simply concluded a visit to the Texas-Mexico border with a big congressional delegation, together with the Speaker of the U.S. Home and 60 members of the Home GOP.
And he says it’s clear after his go to that the U.S. Senate must go H.R. 2, which might resume border wall building and impose limits on asylum eligibility, amongst different issues.
Home Republicans handed H.R. 2 final 12 months with no Democratic votes.
Self says due to the failures alongside the southern border, there isn’t a room for compromise.
“They’re not securing our border. They’re merely transporting unlawful immigrants into the US,” Self informed us on Inside Texas Politics. “We don’t want to speak about compromise at present. We’d like H.R. 2.”
Republicans additionally need the Biden administration to reinstate the “Stay in Mexico” coverage, which might power some migrants to stay in Mexico whereas their asylum claims are heard within the U.S.
CBS Information just lately reported that 300,000 migrants had been anticipated to be processed alongside the southern border in December, a brand new month-to-month excessive.
And Home Republicans have made clear they don’t have any need to debate funding for Ukraine and Israel till they get help for H.R. 2.
“Frankly, we safe our border, then we are able to speak about Ukraine funding. We are able to speak about the whole lot. However we’re going to safe the border,” Self stated.
There’s even query now whether or not Home Republicans may be keen to permit funding for the federal authorities to lapse on January nineteenth, one of many deadlines for funding the federal government after lawmakers handed stopgap spending payments final 12 months.
Self didn’t instantly reply whether or not he’s in favor of not funding the federal government till a GOP border plan is in place, solely telling us “I’m not in favor of any authorities shutdown, however we should safe the border.”
On January tenth, the Home Homeland Safety Committee will maintain its first impeachment listening to into Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
And Self says after his current go to to the southern border, he hopes there’ll ultimately be sufficient votes to question the Secretary.
However one thing should be performed, something, Self argues, to assist decrease the document variety of migrants crossing the border.
“Any variety of issues, if we instituted them, it might cease the stream, so long as they know we’re critical. It doesn’t should be excellent, however they should know we’re critical,” Self stated.
