National Border Patrol Council Leader Praises Border Bill, But Moreno Is AGAINST It
February 6, 2024
National Border Patrol Council President: “There’s a lot of things in there, there’s a lot of mechanisms that are good.”
Columbus, OH – The head of the Border Patrol agents praised the bipartisan border bill, saying “there’s a lot of things in there, there’s a lot of mechanisms that are good” but Bernie Moreno is against it.
“For the first time in decades, there’s a real opportunity to strengthen our border but Bernie Moreno has come out against it. The fact is law enforcement, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Republican senators support this proposal to make America safer. Bernie Moreno likes to talk tough, but when it comes to standing up for the people of Ohio he’s nowhere to be found,” said ODP spokesperson Katie Smith.
National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd on Fox Business: “There’s a lot of things in there, there’s a lot of mechanisms that are good…This [bill] transcends administrations. This will go beyond Biden, it will go beyond Trump. It will go beyond the next president…. We need bills that are going to last…”
Read what they’re saying about the bill that would “mark the first major bipartisan overhaul of the nation’s immigration system since the 1990s”:
- Border Patrol Agents: “[The bill would] drop illegal border crossings nationwide and will allow our agents to get back to detecting and apprehending those who want to cross our border illegally and evade apprehension… This is why the National Border Patrol Council endorses this bill and hopes for its quick passage.”
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce: “The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is pleased to see desperately needed border security, asylum, and immigration reforms included in the emergency supplemental funding proposal before the U.S. Senate… We look forward to working with Members of Congress to pass these common sense measures that will improve America’s security by addressing our southern border and supporting Ukraine and Israel.”
- Wall Street Journal Editorial Board:“By any honest reckoning, this is the most restrictive migrant legislation in decades.”
- Fox News: Bipartisan border package would “overhaul” the immigration system “with tougher and quicker enforcement measures”
- CBS: “If enacted into law, the emerging deal would mark the first major bipartisan overhaul of the nation’s immigration system since the 1990s.”
- Politico: Bipartisan border package was “the most stringent immigration bill endorsed by a democratic president in recent memory”
- Republican Senator James Lankford:“It will be, by far, the most conservative border security bill in four decades.”
- Republican Senator Lindsey Graham: “So to my Republican colleagues, this is a historic moment to reform the border.”
- NBC News: Bipartisan border package would “impose tougher immigration and asylum laws”
- CNN: Bipartisan border package “would implement strict limits along the US southern border that have not been previously enshrined into law”
- CBS News’ Camilo Montoya-Galvez:Bipartisan border package “would be one of the toughest border and immigration laws in modern history”
- Washington Post’s Leigh Ann Caldwell: Bipartisan border package “the most conservative border bill in decades”
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