{"id":2226488,"date":"2024-04-21T13:25:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T17:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-denounces-lack-of-any-meaningful-border-security-policy-in-house-passed-foreign-aid-package\/"},"modified":"2024-04-21T13:28:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T17:28:21","slug":"cruz-denounces-lack-of-any-meaningful-border-security-policy-in-house-passed-foreign-aid-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-denounces-lack-of-any-meaningful-border-security-policy-in-house-passed-foreign-aid-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz criticizes absence of effective border security policy in House-approved foreign aid package"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fcruz-denounces-lack-of-any-meaningful-border-security-policy-in-house-passed-foreign-aid-package%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=2226488&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--><p>Sen. Ted Cruz\u2063 criticized the lack of effective southern \u2064border \u200csecurity\u2064 measures after the House passed a $95 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-leads-delegation-of-gop-senators-to-ukraine\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell Leads Delegation of GOP Senators to Ukraine\">foreign aid package<\/a>. Cruz noted\u200d the absence of crucial border policies within the bill but highlighted positive aspects\u200c such as aid to Israel\u200c and provisions targeting Chinese-owned companies. Despite efforts to pass a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-if-dems-try-to-pass-3-5t-far-left-wish-list-then-hell-yeah-gop-should-skip-town-like-tx-dems\/\" title=\"Graham: If Dems Try To Pass .5T Far-Left Wish List Then \u2018Hell Yeah\u2019 GOP Should Skip Town Like TX Dems\">border security bill<\/a>, it\u2063 failed to garner enough support.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Ted-Cruz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ted Cruz<\/a> (R-TX) lamented the lack of any \u201cmeaningful\u201d efforts to secure the southern border after the House passed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2973364\/what-is-in-the-95-billion-foreign-aid-bills-passed-by-the-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$95 billion foreign aid package<\/a> on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>The Lone Star state senator emphasized that the \u201cmost disappointing\u201d part of the packaged deal is its lack of any meaningful border policies. However, he did note while speaking on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmBrushfire\/status\/1782058220132950108\/video\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Fox News\u2019s<\/a> <em>Sunday Morning Futures<\/em> that \u201cthe best parts of the bill\u201d was the $26.3\u00a0billion in aid to Israel included in the measure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He also praised the legislation for including a provision that would force Chinese-owned ByteDance to divest from its stake in the social media giant TikTok.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. (AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Saturday, lawmakers voted 215-199 to defeat a border security bill, known as the End the Border Catastrophe Act, that was separate from the foreign aid package. The border security measure fell short of the two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-fails-to-pass-border-security-bill-meant-to-appease-johnsons-right-flank\/\" title=\"House does not approve border security bill aimed at satisfying Johnson's conservative side\">-thirds majority threshold needed<\/a> to pass the House under suspension of the rules, with only five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats<\/a> voting with all Republicans in favor of the border bill. <\/p>\n<p>The bill included several measures to limit the number of immigrants allowed into the country to seek asylum while also seeking to revive some Trump-era immigration policies that were dismantled under President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Joe-Biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The failure on Saturday of the separate border bill came the same day bipartisan lawmakers passed the foreign aid proposals that will be sent to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate<\/a> with Biden\u2019s support. That package had broad Democratic support, while members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus urged lawmakers to defy Johnson\u2019s leadership because it did not include any border security measures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was an opportunity to take a serious step forward on the border. And unfortunately, the Democratic Party\u2019s position is that they support open borders, they\u2019re unwilling to do anything on border security,\u201d Cruz said, while defending Johnson as someone with a \u201cvirtually impossible job\u201d now that the GOP is down to a single-vote majority in the House.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ukraine<\/a> Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, also offers $60.84 billion in total aid. The bill uses $23.2 billion for replenishing U.S. weapons and facilities, a component Cruz said he supported, while $11.3 billion goes to current U.S. military operations in the area, and $13.8 goes to helping Ukraine buy advanced weapons systems and other weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz also criticized Democrats for \u201cessentially nuked the impeachment\u201d of Department of Homeland Security Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2969707\/schumer-succeeds-in-dismantling-mayorkas-impeachment-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Alejandro Mayorkas\">Alejandro Mayorkas<\/a>, and expressed his disappointment with Congress not backing a provision for the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that would require the government to obtain a warrant for searches of U.S. citizens included in foreign surveillance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis week was a bad week for the United States Constitution,\u201d Cruz said.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s grasp of the speaker\u2019s gavel has also come into question in recent days as three GOP lawmakers, led by Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), supported a \u201cmotion to vacate\u201d that could lead to a vote on removing the speaker.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) expressed disappointment at the absence of &#8220;meaningful&#8221; southern border security measures following the House&#8217;s approval of a $95 billion foreign aid package. 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