Resident Joe Biden’s White House says former President Donald Trump is to blame for a viral video of illegal immigrants rioting at the southern border. The dramatic footage of illegal immigrants overwhelming the Texas National Guard and tearing down barriers circulated widely on Thursday. The White House claimed that Trump’s opposition to the Senate’s Ukraine and U.S. border security funding bill was to blame for the chaos.
“When the former President told Congressional Republicans to block the bipartisan border security agreement – he said to blame him for it. Well, he got his wish, and the result was chaos after Governor Abbott’s Operational Lone Star and razor wire were overrun yesterday. While we cannot comment on individual cases, anyone who does not have a legal basis to remain in the United States is promptly removed,” a White House spokesman said.
Barring the fact that the latter part is not true, the idea that the border being insecure due to Donald Trump is a farce which was also repeated on the Bill Maher Show this weekend.
Initially unveiled in February, the Senate bill sought to allocate $60 billion in aid to Ukraine, $14.1 billion to Israel, and $20 billion for border-related initiatives. Former President Trumpand several Republican leaders, however, opposed the bill, which drew criticism for being a guest worker program disguised as border security. The Biden re-election campaign has criticized Republicans for balking at the legislation, arguing Trump’s seemingly political opposition is detrimental to efforts in resolving the border crisis.
Congressional Republicans have pushed legislation to crack down on violent immigrants in the country illegally. In early March, the House of Representatives passed The Laken Riley Act in response to the murder of the 22-year-old Georgia nursing student by an illegal Venezuelan immigrant. House Democrats overwhelmingly opposed the bill, with 170 voting against it.
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