{"id":2229416,"date":"2024-04-24T17:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T21:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dem-centrists-push-for-border-security-after-biden-signs-foreign-aid-bill\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T17:26:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T21:26:43","slug":"house-dem-centrists-push-for-border-security-after-biden-signs-foreign-aid-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dem-centrists-push-for-border-security-after-biden-signs-foreign-aid-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democratic centrists advocate for border security following Biden&#8217;s approval of foreign aid legislation"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fhouse-dem-centrists-push-for-border-security-after-biden-signs-foreign-aid-bill%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=2229416&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>A group of centrist House Democrats, including Reps. Perez, Golden, Peltola,\u2062 Gonzalez, and \u200cDavis, emphasized \u200cthe urgency of\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-accuse-biden-of-playing-political-game-over-border-crisis\/\" title=\"House Republicans Accuse Biden of Playing \u2018Political Game\u2019 Over Border Crisis\">border security measures<\/a>. They advocated for action to \u200bsecure the U.S.-Mexico border, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/last-line-of-defense-montana-ag-austin-knudsen-launches-reelection-bid\/\" title=\"Montana AG Austin Knudsen seeks reelection.\">citing national security \u200bconcerns<\/a>\u2064 and support for allies like Ukraine. The group\u2063 urged President Biden\u200b and Congress to \u2062address border issues promptly.\u2063 The centrist House Democrats, comprising \u200dReps. Perez, Golden, Peltola,\u200b Gonzalez, and Davis, \u2064stressed \u200dthe critical need for enhanced border\u200d security measures. Their collective \u200dcall for swift action to fortify the U.S.-Mexico border highlighted national security \u2064priorities and backing for allies such as Ukraine. \u2064Their plea to President Biden and Congress underscores the\u200c pressing nature of addressing border\u200b challenges without delay.  <\/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<p>A group of centrist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/house-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Democrats<\/a> called on President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress<\/a> to take steps toward securing the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), Jared Golden (D-ME), Mary Peltola (D-AK), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), and Don Davis (D-NC) \u2014 all of whom have 2024 races rated \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/house-race-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">toss up\u201d or \u201clean Democrat,<\/a>\u201d according to The Cook Political Report \u2014 released a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewSolender\/status\/1783209478415921277\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> after Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-signs-foreign-aid-tiktok-bills-into-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed 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><\/a> into law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur national security interests don\u2019t stop at our physical borders. That is why we voted to send more weapons to Ukraine for its fight against Russia,\u201d they said. \u201cThe lesson of Pearl Harbor must not be forgotten: appeasement invites aggression against us. As Speaker [Mike] Johnson stated last week, we would rather send \u2018bullets than American boys.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After Biden signs the foreign aid bill, a group of centrist House Democrats issues a statement saying he and Congress \u201cmust act and bring order to the Southern border.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z0pZg6XMAa\">pic.twitter.com\/Z0pZg6XMAa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewSolender\/status\/1783209478415921277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Beyond defending U.S. allies, the group said they \u201cstrongly agree\u201d with the National Border Patrol Council on the view \u201cthat Congress and the President must act and bring order to the Southern border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why we also voted for H.R. 3602 on Saturday,\u201d they said, referring to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-gov-ducey-commits-564-million-to-border-security\/\" title=\"Arizona Gov. Ducey Commits 4 Million to Border Security\">border security legislation<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/senate-passes-95-billion-foreign-aid-package-with-possible-tiktok-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failed to pass<\/a> as lawmakers considered a bill series for the foreign aid package, \u201cand why we all voted last month for $19.6 billion for Border Patrol so that it could ramp up its efforts to secure the border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats said they were \u201ccalling today on President Biden to use the authority given the executive by Congress to immediately reimplement\u201d a section of U.S. Code geared toward returning migrants to Mexico pending court proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>And they called on leaders in both the House and Senate to \u201cto pass legislation to give Border Patrol back the expulsion authority that expired last year, alluding to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mayorkas-says-border-patrol-encounters-down-by-half-since-title-42-expired\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pandemic-era Title 42<\/a>, which allowed authorities to quickly turn away migrants at the border on public health grounds.<\/p>\n<p>With a presidential election coming up in November, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/611135\/immigration-surges-top-important-problem-list.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">border security<\/a> as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/611135\/immigration-surges-top-important-problem-list.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immigration<\/a> have become top issues for Americans as the backlog of asylum seekers and migrants living in the U.S. is projected to reach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/03\/02\/data-biden-border-crisis-immigration-8-million-detention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than 8 million<\/a> by October.<\/p>\n<p>Hardline Republicans who opposed the foreign aid package \u2014 which seeks to boost U.S. allies such as Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan \u2014 lashed out, in part, because of a dearth of provisions geared toward alleviating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/border-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">border crisis<\/a> in the final product.<\/p>\n<p>The statement from the House Democrats included a quote that Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/nothing-more-backwards-than-us-funding-ukraine-border-security-but-not-our-own-conservatives-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gave to Fox News last weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are beyond disappointed that the House would give aid to secure the borders of foreign countries but gave nothing to allow the Border Patrol to secure the safety of the United States,\u201d Judd said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing more backwards,\u201d he added, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t have even expected taxpayers\u2019 dollars. They could have given us policy, and that would have been enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Centrist House Democrats, including Reps. Perez, Golden, Peltola, Gonzalez, and Davis, emphasize the urgent need for border security. With upcoming 2024 races designated as &#8220;toss up&#8221; or &#8220;lean Democrat,&#8221; they urge President Biden and Congress to prioritize securing the U.S.-Mexico border<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2229417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2147927447-scaled-e1713988975962.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2229416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2147927447-scaled-e1713988975962.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2229416","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\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2229416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2229416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2229417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2229416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2229416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2229416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}