{"id":2167979,"date":"2024-02-05T10:30:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T15:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lankford-defends-border-bill-over-gop-backlash-read-it-for-yourself-2\/"},"modified":"2024-02-05T10:33:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T15:33:05","slug":"lankford-defends-border-bill-over-gop-backlash-read-it-for-yourself-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lankford-defends-border-bill-over-gop-backlash-read-it-for-yourself-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lankford stands by border bill despite GOP criticism: &#8216;Read it yourself"},"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\">22<\/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%2Flankford-defends-border-bill-over-gop-backlash-read-it-for-yourself-2%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=2167979&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--><h2>Sen. James Lankford Responds to Republican Criticisms of \u2064Border Security Bill<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) has fired\u2064 back at fellow Republicans who have criticized\u2064 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-immigration-deal-would-allow-nearly-2-million-illegal-border-crossings-documents-show\/\" title=\"Senate immigration deal permits nearly 2M illegal border crossings, reveals documents\">proposed border security bill<\/a>\u200b released by Senate negotiators. In\u2062 a \u2063passionate defense of \u2062the legislation, Lankford\u200c urged his colleagues to actually read\u200c the text\u2064 of the bill instead \u2063of relying on online posts.<\/p>\n<p>Several prominent Republicans, \u2064including House Speaker\u200d Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Sen. \u2063Mike Lee (R-UT), have already voiced their opposition to the bill. Lee even stated that he needed\u2062 a few weeks to read the lengthy \u2062370-page document. \u200dHowever, Lankford, who played \u2062a key\u2063 role in negotiating the bill, argued that it \u200bwas important for lawmakers\u200d to personally review the bill and not simply rely on social media \u200dposts.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s interesting that he said he\u2019s already \u200copposed to it.\u200c He needs three weeks to be able to read it, but he\u2019s \u200calready opposed to it. So again, people have got to be able to read it,\u2063 go through it themselves. Don\u2019t\u2064 just go off a\u200d Facebook post somewhere on what the bill says,\u201d Lankford said.\u2063 \u201cThis dramatically changes asylum and dramatically changes deportations.\u200c We no longer \u2062have a 10-year backlog. It builds\u2063 more wall. Those are the\u200c key things that it actually does, but read it\u200b for yourself. Don\u2019t just believe\u2064 what\u2019s online.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When questioned about Johnson\u2019s rejection of \u200cthe bill, citing a post by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) claiming that \u201cthe border never closes\u201d under the bill, Lankford emphasized that the GOP had\u200b an\u2063 opportunity to make positive changes with this proposed legislation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe key aspect of this again is, \u2064are\u200d we as Republicans going to have press conferences and complain\u200b the \u2064border\u2019s bad and\u200d then intentionally leave it open after the \u2063worst \u2062month in \u2063American history in \u2064December? Now we\u2019ve got\u200b to actually determine: Are \u2064we going to just complain\u200c about things, or we\u2019re going\u2064 to actually \u2064address in a change as many things as we can?\u201d Lankford\u200b said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lankford also highlighted that the deal\u200b would have been unimaginable for the \u2064GOP just \u2064two \u2063months ago and challenged his Republican colleagues to take action\u2062 on\u200c the border crisis.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf we have this shot \u2014 it\u2019s \u200damazing to \u200bme. If\u200b I go back two\u2064 months ago and say we had the\u200b shot under a Democrat president to dramatically increase detention beds, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lankford-defends-border-bill-over-gop-backlash-read-it-for-yourself\/\" title=\"Lankford stands by border bill despite GOP criticism: 'Read it yourself\">deportation flights locked<\/a> down the border, to be able to change the asylum laws,\u200b to \u200dbe able to accelerate the \u200cprocess, no one would\u200d have believed\u2064 it,\u201d Lankford said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd now, no one actually wants to be\u2063 able to fix it \u2063and \u2062says I \u2064don\u2019t want to even debate it.\u200c I don\u2019t want to discuss it. We have to decide as Republicans what are we going to actually do about\u2062 the border: Leave \u200dit \u200dopen or actually leave it closed?\u201d the GOP senator said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lankford \u2062advised\u200b his fellow Republicans that, given the circumstances, the bill presents an opportunity to make positive\u2063 changes.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAt\u2064 the end of the day, let\u2019s do everything we can. We \u200bdo have a Democratic president. We have a Democrat Senate. We\u200d have a Republican House. This \u2062is a moment to \u2062solve as many\u2062 things as we \u2063can and then keep working on the next thing,\u201d the Oklahoma Republican\u2064 said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The bill is expected to face significant opposition in the House of Representatives, with GOP leaders expressing\u2062 their disapproval. The Senate is set to \u200bhold an initial vote \u200don the \u200cbill on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The border security\u2062 bill also includes aid \u200bfor Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Johnson has countered the bill with\u2064 a separate Israel\u2063 aid\u200b bill for \u200dthe House of Representatives to \u2063consider this week.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What\u2063 specific\u2063 measures does the bill propose \u200cto improve border security and address illegal immigration?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The \u2064border open or are we going to step up and actually close the border, and that\u2019s\u200b what this does,\u201d Lankford explained. \u201cIt actually changes the policy so that those \u200bwho are \u2063showing up at the border illegally, they actually \u2064go through a legal process.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lankford believes that\u2062 it is important\u200c for lawmakers to understand the details of the bill and the impact it will have on border security before forming an opinion. He emphasized the need for a thorough review, stating,\u200b \u201cWe have to read \u200cand understand what\u2019s actually \u2064in the bill.\u200d The \u2062details matter, and it\u2019s not enough just to say, \u2018Well, I don\u2019t like it\u2019 or \u2018I saw one post on social media.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The border security bill \u200bhas been a topic of intense debate within the Republican\u2064 party, with some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teachers-union-files-complaint-against-california-school-district-over-transgender-student-policy\/\" title=\"Teachers' Union files complaint against CA school district over transgender policy.\">members expressing concerns<\/a> that it does not go\u2062 far enough in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-end-in-sight-for-gas-above-3-00-says-executive\/\" title=\"No End In Sight For Gas Above .00, Says Executive\">addressing illegal immigration<\/a> and securing the border. However, \u2062Lankford maintains that \u200bthe bill represents a step forward\u2062 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-border-patrol-chief-reveals-top-threat-facing-u-s-right-now-its-going-to-get-so-much-worse\/\" title=\"Former Border Patrol Chief Reveals Top Threat Facing U.S. Right Now: \u2018It\u2019s Going To Get So Much Worse\u2019\">improving border security<\/a> and \u200dtackling the immigration issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt actually funds more for\u200d more Border Patrol agents,\u201d Lankford stated. \u201cIt actually funds more judges, so we\u2064 can actually hear the cases more quickly. It puts resources in place to \u2063actually build miles of border \u200bwall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lankford \u200cconcluded his response by urging\u2064 his fellow Republicans to give the bill a fair chance\u200b \u2062and not\u2064 dismiss\u2063 it without reading the text. He emphasized the urgency of the situation \u2064and the\u200d need for action, stating, \u201cWe\u2019ve thought through this well, \u200cwe\u2019ve worked through it well, and I think it will actually improve the situation at our southern border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the debate over the border security \u2064bill\u2063 continues, it is clear that Sen. James Lankford is committed \u2063to defending and promoting the proposed legislation. He has called \u200con his fellow Republicans to fully examine the bill and make an \u2064informed \u2063decision based on its content,\u2063 rather than relying\u2064 on third-party\u200b opinions or\u2063 social media posts.<\/p>\n<p>Only time will tell if Lankford\u2019s \u2064impassioned defense\u200c will sway his fellow party members and secure support for the proposed border security bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) urges fellow Republicans to read the border security bill instead of relying on online posts. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Sen. 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