{"id":2239668,"date":"2024-05-07T21:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T01:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/front-line-house-democrats-call-on-biden-to-address-southern-border-crisis-well-past-time\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T21:53:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T01:53:02","slug":"front-line-house-democrats-call-on-biden-to-address-southern-border-crisis-well-past-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/front-line-house-democrats-call-on-biden-to-address-southern-border-crisis-well-past-time\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrats urge Biden to tackle southern border crisis promptly"},"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\">20<\/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%2Ffront-line-house-democrats-call-on-biden-to-address-southern-border-crisis-well-past-time%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=2239668&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>House \u200dDemocrats, led by Rep. \u200dAngie Craig, urge President Biden to tackle the southern border \u200ccrisis through\u2062 executive \u200baction. They emphasize the need for comprehensive measures amid political maneuvering by Republicans \u2063for the 2024 election. The Democrats highlight the importance of bipartisan\u200d immigration reforms to address both border security and citizenship pathways. \u200bMultiple House members supported this \u2064call \u200cfor action.  <\/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<p>Front-line <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Democrats<\/a> are calling on President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> to address the influx of illegal <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>immigrants<\/a> at the southern border through executive action as <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republicans<\/a> capitalize on the issue heading into the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) led 14 House Democrats in sending a <a href=\"https:\/\/craig.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/craig.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/FINAL%20Frontline%20Border%20Letter%20to%20POTUS%205.7.24%201.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>letter<\/a> to the president on Tuesday to use \u201call the tools at his disposal\u201d to address security and fentanyl trafficking to allow for \u201corderly legal immigration.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Democrats, many of whom are running in competitive districts in November, blamed House Republicans for derailing immigration reform, when House GOP leadership refused to bring the Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2852838\/senate-passes-ukraine-aid-marathon-filibuster-conservatives\/\" title>supplemental foreign aid bill<\/a> to the floor, and using the issue for campaign purposes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-is-finally-figuring-out-he-cant-appease-antifa-rioters-video\/\" title=\"Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Is Finally Figuring Out He Can\u2019t Appease Antifa Rioters (VIDEO)\">good faith efforts<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-faces-progressive-reckoning-on-failed-senate-border-deal\/\" title=\"Biden confronts progressive backlash over Senate border agreement failure\">bipartisan border agreement<\/a> in the Senate,\u201d the House Democrats wrote. \u201cAs such, this Congress had an opportunity to work together on a bipartisan basis to secure the border but House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to bring that bill to us for debate because our House colleagues would rather see the crisis continue and use it as a campaign ad instead of actually addressing this national security issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is well past time for both parties to come together and agree on common-sense, bipartisan immigration reforms that both strengthen enforcement at the border and provide a path to citizenship for those who have been living, working, and paying taxes in the United States for many years,\u201d the members continued.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Mike Levin (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Susie Lee (D-NV), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Pat Ryan (D-NY), Susan Wild (D-PA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), and Val Hoyle (D-OR) joined Craig in signing the letter.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the signatories are members of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee\u2019s 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/dccc.org\/dccc-announces-members-of-2024-frontline-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Frontline Program<\/a>, which helps vulnerable Democrats keep their seats. While several of them are defending \u201csolid\u201d or \u201clikely\u201d Democratic seats, Lee and Ryan are seeking reelection in \u201clean\u201d Democrat seats, and Cartwright and Wild are in \u201ctoss-up\u201d races.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan blasted his Republican colleagues in a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, accusing them of using inaction at the southern border to \u201cscore political points.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter repeated refusals from Republicans to work with us to get the job done, it is time for President Biden to take matters into his own hands,\u201d Ryan said. \u201cWe need to secure the border, stop the flow of dangerous fentanyl into our communities, and provide a path to citizenship for those who have been living, working, and paying taxes in the United States for many years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time to come together as Patriots, put country ahead of party, and deliver for the Hudson Valley,\u201d Ryan added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the White House for comment. During a press briefing on Tuesday, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1787924263615258871\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> she didn\u2019t have \u201cany announcement\u201d regarding new executive orders from Biden for border security.<\/p>\n<p>In his first year in office, Biden issued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationpolicy.org\/news\/biden-executive-actions-immigration-first-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>nearly 300 executive actions<\/a> on immigration, compared to the 86 former President Donald Trump issued in his first year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Front-line House Democrats urge President Biden to act on the southern border crisis with executive measures, amid Republican focus for the 2024 election. Rep. 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