Border crisis becomes political issue for GOP

 Washington Examiner:

Republicans are upping the ante with more aggressive and urgent messaging on the border crisis less than five months out from the midterm elections.

State leaders and lawmakers in Congress have torn into President Joe Biden for his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border crisis for nearly a year and a half, but they amplified their concerns this week, bringing their border solutions front and center as a plethora of other concerns — inflation, Ukraine, and abortion — fight for the attention of voters.

“From my perspective, it's been a big issue. And it will continue to be one with all the folks coming across,” said Brendan Steinhauser, a veteran GOP operative who led successful campaigns for Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas. “Just the sheer numbers, the volume, I think that's what's driving a lot of this because Gov. Abbott, congressman Chip Roy, and others are saying the federal government continues not to do anything.”

Roy debuted a plan on Monday to address “loopholes” in immigration law that he argued allow noncitizens to cross the border illegally, then get released into the United States, leading more people to come knowing they may not be deported. More than any policy, Roy said the Republican Party needs to find its voice on the issue.

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“It doesn’t have to be this way," Roy wrote in an opinion article for the Washington Examiner. "The people both need and deserve a secure border, but ending the crisis is going to require Republicans in Washington, D.C., to grow a spine, dig in, and fight to keep their promises for once.

"If the people ever again entrust Republicans to lead the House of Representatives or any other part of the federal government, there can be no more excuses,” Roy continued, calling on the party to force the completion of Trump-era border wall projects, remove all illegal immigrants in the country, and unabashedly go after cartels.

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX), who is seeking a third term in office this November, endorsed Roy’s detailed plan in a post on Twitter and called for the hundreds of Republicans running for House and Senate seats this year to follow suit.

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The plan makes sense but that is probably the reason Democrats will reject it.  They do not want a border at all.  Democrats want to import as many potential voters as possible and then give them amnesty.  Democrats have become the enemy of secure borders because they see a political advantage in illegals. 

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