Bipartisan House group floats $66B national security bill — to help border and Ukraine

Breitbart ^ | 02/16/2024 | Josh Christenson

[ChicagoConservative27]

House lawmakers on Friday floated a new bipartisan national security bill that would beef up security at the problematic US-Mexico border and provide much-needed aid to Ukraine.

The “Defending Borders, Defending Democracies Act” would restore the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy for one year, while also allowing border enforcement authorities to detain and immediately expel illegal aliens who don’t meet the threshold for asylum claims.

The “Remain in Mexico” policy requires most migrants who reach the southern border — usually after leaving Central America or the Caribbean — to remain in Mexico while US courts review their asylum claims. However, the policy does require cooperation from the Mexican government.

“Congress must secure our border,” said Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), a co-sponsor on the bill.

“Restoring the Remain in Mexico policy would address SCOTUS’s ruling that this authority is discretionary.”

[Gaffer]

We don’t and they won’t spend the money to stop illegals, period.

The last version of this had THREE times the money UKR than spent on ‘something for the border’ and FOUR time the money than for ISR.

Despite what they say, this is ALL for Ukraine with some grift money for our supposed border guardians tossed in.