{"id":1961151,"date":"2023-06-30T07:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T11:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-has-a-tougher-border-security-record-than-trump-here-are-the-receipts\/"},"modified":"2023-06-30T07:09:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T11:09:20","slug":"desantis-has-a-tougher-border-security-record-than-trump-here-are-the-receipts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-has-a-tougher-border-security-record-than-trump-here-are-the-receipts\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis: Stronger Border Security Than Trump. Proof Inside."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdesantis-has-a-tougher-border-security-record-than-trump-here-are-the-receipts%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=1961151&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 class=\"article-content\">\n<p><strong>I was proud to be the first member of Congress to endorse Gov. Ron DeSantis for president of the United States.<\/strong> He is a bold conservative leader, a proven winner, and most importantly, a good man. He is the person we need \u2014 at the time we need him \u2014 to restore sanity and lead the great American comeback.<\/p>\n<p>Nowhere is this more apparent than along our southern border. This week, I joined DeSantis in Eagle Pass, Texas, where he outlined a plan to secure the border once and for all. After visiting with a packed house of South Texans tired of words and desperate for leadership to end the chaos, secure their homes, and restore the rule of law against dangerous cartels, the governor was specific and clear. He will build the wall, fully enforce the law, stop the invasion, and take out the cartels \u2014 \u201cNo Excuses.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1491807335\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ac7bd8589809d81944f10d69fac7633c fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ac7bd8589809d81944f10d69fac7633c\"><\/div>\n<h2>DeSantis&#8217; Commitment to Border Security<\/h2>\n<p>DeSantis\u2019 plan to finally secure the border and empower states like Texas to step into the breach shouldn\u2019t surprise anyone. DeSantis has an unassailable record of supporting border security policies to protect Americans while opposing policies such as amnesty that would only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-takes-matters-into-own-hands-moves-to-make-illegal-immigration-a-state-felony\/\" title=\"Texas Takes Matters Into Own Hands, Moves To Make Illegal Immigration a State Felony\">make illegal immigration<\/a> to America worse by rewarding those who violate our laws.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, in the only \u2014 and last \u2014 major legislative border security battle during his time in Congress, DeSantis did the right thing by our border states; he voted against mass amnesty and voted with conservatives for a bill commonly known as \u201cGoodlatte 1.\u201d In the summer of 2018, conservatives put forward \u201cGoodlatte 1\u201d which was a relatively strong immigration and border bill that appropriated $30 billion in wall funding, ended the diversity visa lottery program, closed the \u201cloopholes\u201d in our laws, and included no pathway to citizenship for recipients of President Obama\u2019s unconstitutional DACA order.<\/p>\n<p>However, Goodlatte 1 was being blocked by Speaker Paul Ryan and the Republican establishment in favor of a second so-called compromise bill known as \u201cGoodlatte 2,\u201d which included $5 billion <em>less<\/em> in wall funding, merely shifted the visas in the visa lottery program to the merit-based program, and most disturbingly, included actual amnesty \u2014 a path to citizenship for potentially 2 million people.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the \u201cleadership\u201d push to replace \u201cGoodlatte 1\u201d with the amnesty of \u201cGoodlatte 2,\u201d Ron DeSantis and other members of the House Freedom Caucus held up \u201cmust pass\u201d legislation to demand a vote on Goodlatte 1. Thus, leadership was forced to put both bills on the floor. And what did DeSantis do? He voted for the strong bill <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes\/2018282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">with 192 other<\/a> members of the House. That legislation only failed because 30 mostly establishment Republicans joined hand-in-hand with Nancy Pelosi and open-border Democrats to defeat it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c45aeca5401dad5437f1144116c88d41 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c45aeca5401dad5437f1144116c88d41\"><\/div>\n<p>Then when the Goodlatte 2 amnesty approach was brought to the floor, DeSantis rightfully <em>opposed<\/em> this bill, which failed overwhelmingly with <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes\/2018297\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">only 121 votes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Opposing Goodlatte 2 should have been easy for every Republican in Congress, but it wasn\u2019t. This is because on the morning of the June 27 vote, President Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1011952266268545024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1011952266268545024%7Ctwgr%5Ecb2732442481025bd77cdff3d6c576c79b4d1da1%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vox.com%2F2018%2F6%2F27%2F17509820%2Fhouse-republicans-compromise-goodlatte-immigration-bill-fail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted out<\/a> at 7:39 a.m. in ALL CAPS that, \u201cHOUSE REPUBLICANS SHOULD PASS THE STRONG BUT FAIR IMMIGRATION BILL, KNOWN AS GOODLATTE II, IN THEIR AFTERNOON VOTE TODAY\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>President Trump\u2019s pressure campaign to force conservatives to support mass amnesty ultimately didn\u2019t work, and Trump found himself trying to downplay his support for that bill to prevent anyone picking apart his narrative on border security. Three days after his tweet, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1013139532290625538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1013139532290625538%7Ctwgr%5E002c4a80a994bd8ea773efdda9a4762114eaf896%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vox.com%2Fpolicy-and-politics%2F2018%2F7%2F1%2F17523318%2Ftrump-goodlatte-bill-twitter-lie&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_source=ncl_amplify&#038;utm_campaign=230526-ron_desantis_voted_for_the_exact_daca_bill_over_which_he_is_now_attacking_president_trump&#038;utm_content=ncl-eCAVEA7RdU&#038;_nlid=eCAVEA7RdU&#038;_nhids=NKlHnvY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted<\/a>, \u201cI never pushed the Republicans in the House to vote for the Immigration Bill, either Goodlatte 1 or 2, because it could never have gotten enough Democrats as long as there is a 60 vote threshold. I released many prior to the vote knowing we need more Republicans to win in Nov.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The truly damning part is not that Trump wants to hide his support for the \u201cGoodlatte II\u201d amnesty bill, though that is a problem, but rather that he admitted he never wanted Republicans to even try to secure the border because it wasn\u2019t as important as winning an election. And now, here we are in the worst border security crisis we\u2019ve ever had simply because Republicans failed to put border security policies into statute and President Biden was able to overturn all the executive policies of the administration before him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d0b2ff106caad3dcb94fbca663e6330a fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d0b2ff106caad3dcb94fbca663e6330a\"><\/div>\n<h2>Setting the Record Straight<\/h2>\n<p>Now, as this next election cycle heats up, DeSantis is being falsely attacked for his border security record. Trump\u2019s campaign recently lied about DeSantis by claiming that while in Congress, he \u201cfervently supported\u201d a mass amnesty bill in 2018 \u2014 purposefully conflating DeSantis\u2019 support for the strong Goodlatte 1 bill with the amnesty policies included in Goodlatte 2, which he voted against.<\/p>\n<p>They are even claiming DeSantis \u201cvoted against the wall\u201d because he voted no <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes\/2018127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">with 89 other<\/a> Republicans on Trump\u2019s $1.3 trillion \u201comnibus\u201d package that included only $1.5 billion for border security and \u201cthe wall.\u201d But what they aren\u2019t saying is even Trump, who ultimately signed the bill into law, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/03\/23\/trump-threatens-to-veto-omnibus-spending-bill-over-daca-and-the-border-wall.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">threatened to veto<\/a> the bill over \u2014 not the massive cost \u2014 but the very <em>lack<\/em> of wall funding and <em>not enough<\/em> amnesty for undocumented immigrants. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/977166887493799936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump tweeted<\/a>: \u201cI am considering a VETO of the Omnibus Spending Bill based on the fact that the 800,000 plus DACA recipients have been totally abandoned by the Democrats (not even mentioned in Bill) and the BORDER WALL, which is desperately needed for our National Defense, is not fully funded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It seems amnesty was part of Trump\u2019s \u201cborder security\u201d plan the entire time.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, in 2018, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/news\/news-releases\/support-secure-and-succeed-act-what-they-are-saying\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fully endorsed<\/a> Sen. Chuck Grassley\u2019s \u201cSecure and Succeed\u201d Act, saying that \u201cthe Grassley bill accomplishes the four pillars of the White House Framework: a lasting solution on DACA, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-tom-cotton-we-ought-to-ban-u-s-investment-in-strategic-chinese-industries\/\" title=\"Sen. Tom Cotton: \u2018We Ought to Ban U.S. Investment in Strategic Chinese Industries\u2019\u00a0\">ending chain migration<\/a>, cancelling the visa lottery, and securing the border through building the wall and closing legal loopholes. I am asking all senators, in both parties, to support the Grassley bill and to oppose any legislation that fails to fulfill these four pillars\u2026\u201d The Secure and Succeed Act <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/news\/news-releases\/grassley-secure-and-succeed-act-provides-permanent-daca-fix-protects-country\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">provided<\/a> \u201ca generous and permanent solution for up to 1.8 million DACA or DACA-eligible recipients\u2026 an earned path to citizenship for these young people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t be fooled into thinking Trump never pushed for mass amnesty, and don\u2019t be fooled into thinking DeSantis did.<\/p>\n<h2>The Need for Strong Border Security<\/h2>\n<p>I applaud Trump\u2019s use of his executive authority in his presidency to try to restore some semblance of control at the border. He and a number of his best advisers certainly deserve credit for moving forward with the wall despite resistance from Democrats, implementing \u201cReturn to Mexico\u201d policies, and using Title 42 during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>But do not mistake those successes for the kind of resolve necessary to fully get the job done. The former president failed to move <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-will-be-no-enforcement-sheriff-blasts-biden-for-dismantling-ice\/\" title=\"\u2018There Will Be No Enforcement\u2019: Sheriff Blasts Biden For \u2018Dismantling\u2019 ICE\">strong border security<\/a> legislation through Congress because he picked the wrong horses, like Paul Ryan, to ride into battle alongside.<\/p>\n<p>Those are the facts. No amount of name-calling and denials can change the truth.<\/p>\n<h2>DeSantis&#8217; Time Has Arrived<\/h2>\n<p>What such absurd attacks on DeSantis demonstrate is the understandable desperation by some to stop what most already know in their hearts and their minds to be true: President Donald Trump served an important role, but his time has passed, and Ron DeSantis\u2019 time has arrived. No excuses.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2e0b876a12f38b564a9b625d026aa26e fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2e0b876a12f38b564a9b625d026aa26e\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I proudly endorsed Gov. Ron DeSantis for US president, the first in Congress to do so. He&#8217;s a strong conservative, a proven winner, and above all, a good man. He&#8217;s the leader we need now to restore sanity and guide us forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":673,"featured_media":1961152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1961151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/673"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1961151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1961152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1961151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1961151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1961151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}