Posted on 02/05/2024 5:59:22 PM PST by Miami Rebel
The acting chief of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and the union representing Border Patrol agents both endorsed the bipartisan Senate border security bill on Monday, adding support for the plan from those who would enforce key aspects of it.
The endorsements, both first reported by Fox News, come as the Senate deal faces mass pushback from House Republicans, with GOP leadership pledging that it will not even get a vote in the House if it passes the Senate.
The bipartisan deal overhauls the asylum program, provides funds for thousands of new immigration officers, allows the president to shut down the border on an emergency basis and funds foreign aid priorities abroad.
“This proposed legislation would provide the strongest set of tools we have had in decades to effectively manage migration and enhance our nation’s border security,” acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller said in a leaked internal memo to employees acquired by Fox News.
Miller highlighted parts of the agreement that would expand Border Patrol authority and provide funding for 1,500 new agents, as well as systemic reforms.
“Together, these tools and resources would enable us to maximize consequences against those who unlawfully enter the country, maintain order and security at the border, and appropriately prioritize our essential national security and public safety missions,” he said.
Miller also called the proposed deal “tough” and “fair,” echoing the language from President Biden’s endorsement of the package Sunday.
The National Border Patrol Council, the union for more than 18,000 Border Patrol officers, said the deal is “not perfect” but “far better than the status quo.”
Union President Brandon Judd is a noted critic of President Biden and his administration’s handling of border policy. Last week, he said at a House subcommittee hearing that Biden has “destabilized our southwest border.”
The deal has received support from both parties’ Senate leaders and the president, though an increasing number of House Republicans, in addition to former President Trump, have railed against it, claiming it would hand Democrats a political victory before the general election.
The border patrol are weak pathetic corrupt cowards.
Typical lefty union crap.
Don’t be dissing my man Miller. Worked side by side with him for 12 years and there is no better patriot. This crap is from the department, not Troy.
Woah, look at you Captainpaintball, sitting on your ass doing nothing but accusing people that have everything to lose as cowards. I bet that made you fell good huh? Give me one good reason why Border Patrol Agents should sacrifice their careers for someone like you that is unwilling to fight for their own freedom?
Fell=feel
If a union leader and Biden appointee support it, you know it sucks.
This is the best kind of rejection. Not only is it dead on arrival but it looks like the deceased will not even be going to the House mortuary and it will be buried right there beneath the floorboards of the Senate.
And they still haven't. We still had people pushing Nikki Haley 3 months ago as a VP, because they know The Stable Genius thinks with his peepee.
A job is just that. job. I would have quit. And then been a whistleblower. Not one of these do nothings went to James O Keefe yet? That's the LEAST they could do. the UNION ENDORSES this bill with makes the problem WORSE than it already is, if you can believe it!
I have been telling people that this country is FINISHED. Economically, demographically, militarily...in every aspect. And I have been telling people to PREPARE for that coming eventuality. And they are going to have to do some harsh things when that happens. And most of these "c0me And Take iT!" and MoRoN LabiA!" clowns won't fire a shot. Not ONE shot in tejas has been fired in defense of their country. (Except for one guy that was featured on 60 Minutes this past Sunday. And HE was arrested! F--k the police!) I'm thousands of miles away.
And no, FIGHTING is not attending a masturbatory Trump rally where we put on our "goin' to town clothes" and we get to yell "we love you!" and "lock her up!" even though there were FOUR YEARS to lock her up and he didn't.
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