Biden will talk border if Republicans talk something else first

This article originally appeared in Fox News on December 27, 2023.

For 34 months, the Biden administration has failed to secure the border. This is a fact that progressive mayors and governors around the country are now recognizing. Instead of acknowledging responsibility for causing the worst humanitarian and security crisis our country has ever experienced, the administration returns to its same tired request – asking Congress to approve billions of dollars of additional taxpayer funding to speed up the processing and release of illegal aliens at the southern border into American communities.

As recently as October, President Biden asked Congress for $13.6 billion in emergency supplemental funding to do just this. Conservatives in Congress have correctly rejected the president’s request.

Now, suddenly, the White House is eager to strike a deal on revising our border security laws. What’s changed? The short answer – the completely unrelated desire for additional Ukraine funding. The White House appears to be more interested in the security of Ukraine’s borders than that of our U.S. southern border.

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