{"id":1078646,"date":"2021-12-02T22:59:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T03:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1078646"},"modified":"2021-12-02T22:59:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T03:59:11","slug":"jim-banks-democrats-want-13b-to-resettle-afghans-across-u-s-after-spiking-border-wall-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-banks-democrats-want-13b-to-resettle-afghans-across-u-s-after-spiking-border-wall-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Banks: Democrats Want $13B to Resettle Afghans Across U.S. After Spiking Border Wall Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjim-banks-democrats-want-13b-to-resettle-afghans-across-u-s-after-spiking-border-wall-funding%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1078646&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1330929103-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) says Democrats want more than $13 billion to resettle an endless flow of Afghans across the United States, even as they previously spiked far less in funding to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday evening, every House Democrat and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) voted in support of a government funding bill that includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/02\/government-funding-bill-includes-7b-for-endless-flood-of-afghans-to-u-s\/\">more than $7 billion<\/a> to resettle tens of thousands, and potentially hundreds of thousands, of Afghans across the U.S. as part of President Joe Biden\u2019s resettlement operation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Those funds are in addition to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/30\/49-republicans-help-democrats-pass-billions-in-welfare-drivers-licenses-for-95k-afghans-brought-to-u-s\/\">$6.4 billion<\/a>&nbsp;to resettle Afghans that&nbsp;34 House Republicans and 15 Senate Republicans approved in September. The total amount, if the Senate passes the funding bill, will reach more than $13.3 billion \u2014 indicating that Congress will spend $140,000 per Afghan brought to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Banks, who led Republican opposition in the House to the funding bill, noted in a statement that the Afghan resettlement funding is far more than the billions in border wall funding that were previously spiked by House and Senate Democrats, as well as some Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo now it looks like we\u2019re going to spend $13.3 billion on resettling Afghan refugees,\u201d Banks wrote. \u201cBut remember, Congress wouldn\u2019t even approve $8.6 billion for Trump\u2019s border wall. It\u2019s infuriating to watch our leaders continue to put America last.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.280276816609\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So now it looks like we&#8217;re going to spend $13.3 billion on resettling Afghan refugees. <\/p>\n<p>But remember, Congress wouldn\u2019t even approve $8.6 billion for Trump\u2019s border wall.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s infuriating to watch our leaders continue to put America last.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJimBanks\/status\/1466458742610931712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2018 and 2019, House and Senate Democrats repeatedly shot down spending bills that would have fully funded border wall construction along the U.S.-Mexico border to stem illegal immigration. In some cases, then-President Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/01\/25\/trump-touts-smart-wall-drones-in-announcement-to-reopen-government-without-wall-funding\/\">signed bills<\/a> despite not securing additional wall funding.<\/p>\n<p>Behind the scenes, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) circulated a statement on Capitol Hill to Republican lawmakers noting their opposition to \u201cimporting random, unscreened, unvetted Afghans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe [continuing resolution] slated for consideration today reaffirms the misguided immigration priorities of Congressional Democrats,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only is this rider costly and inappropriate, the language is so broad that even non-Afghans \u2018at risk as a result of the situation in Afghanistan\u2019 qualify for relief. This will allow the Biden administration to resettle scores of additional individuals with few \u2013 if any \u2013 ties to the U.S. military or our mission in Afghanistan,\u201d the statement continues. \u201cHow is this in the best interest of the American people?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at&nbsp;jbinder@breitbart.com.&nbsp;Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JxhnBxnder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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