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The Senate just pulled a big ol’ blooper with this ridiculous legislation they’ve been noodling over for the last three months. It’s an absolute travesty, folks. The bill is supposed to tighten up border security, but it does the complete opposite. It’s like trying to fix a leaky pipe with duct tape and hoping for the best. The price tag on this mess is a whopping $118 billion, but only around $20 billion is earmarked for border improvements. The bulk of the cash is heading straight to Ukraine, and let’s be real here, our own backyard needs a whole lot more attention.
Now, some might argue that this bill simplifies the deporting process for illegal aliens, but that’s just a drop in the bucket compared to all the holes in its enforcement measures. There’s no mention of a border wall, and the money for more border agents is only for dealing with asylum claims. Plus, it’s doling out taxpayer-funded lawyers to kids under 13 who are migrants, and the children of H-1B visa holders are getting a free pass to permanent residency once they hit 21. It’s like the Senate turned the border into a turnstile, just letting people stroll on through without a care in the world. And don’t even get started on those unvetted Afghan refugees—they’re getting the VIP treatment with a fast track to citizenship.
Oh, Look Who's Betraying Us on the Border Crisis
https://t.co/WiqeufFIiW— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) February 5, 2024
But wait, it gets even wackier. The leader of Senate Republicans, Mitch McConnell, is actually giving this hot mess a thumbs up. He’s claiming this bill has “direct and immediate solutions to the crisis at our southern border,” but it’s starting to look like he’s been sipping on some funky Kool-Aid. McConnell might have been a rockstar during the Trump administration, but now he’s flopping around like a fish out of water. It’s like he’s playing for the other team, folks.
Let’s call a spade a spade here, this is nothing short of a full-blown surrender to the Democrats’ plan for mass amnesty. It doesn’t do a darn thing to stem the tide of illegal immigrants flocking to the border. For every tiny step it takes to enforce immigration laws, it’s opening the floodgates even wider. This bill is practically rolling out the welcome mat for a quarter million new visas over the next five years, and it’s trying to make a case for throwing open the doors to mass amnesty. The only silver lining here is that even die-hard liberals are starting to realize that this influx of illegal immigrants is causing chaos and confusion. It’s like they’ve finally seen the light and joined the “send ’em back” bandwagon.
