{"id":977979,"date":"2021-11-06T19:43:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T23:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=977979"},"modified":"2021-11-06T19:43:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T23:43:53","slug":"republicans-approve-0-for-border-wall-in-democrat-infrastructure-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-approve-0-for-border-wall-in-democrat-infrastructure-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Approve $0 for Border Wall in Democrat Infrastructure Bill"},"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%2Frepublicans-approve-0-for-border-wall-in-democrat-infrastructure-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=977979&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1326502012-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A group of 19 Senate Republicans and 13 House Republicans helped Democrats and President Joe Biden pass their $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that includes no federal funding for infrastructure, such as a border wall, to reduce illegal immigration to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/05\/republicans-bail-out-biden-and-pelosi-to-pass-1-2-trillion-so-called-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill\/\">reported<\/a>, the group of House Republicans put Democrats over the line to pass the infrastructure bill after a number of Senate Republicans helped Democrats pass the bill out of the Senate in August.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The bill provides $0 for constructing a border wall to reduce illegal immigration to the U.S., though it does provide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/01\/infrastructure-bill-contains-billions-for-border-crossings-0-for-border-wall\/\">$3.4 billion<\/a> to fund projects at the southern border\u2019s ports of entry \u2014 a pet project for moderate Democrats to claim they are helping improve the nation\u2019s security.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The funds will go to \u201cconstruction and acquisition, and repairs and alterations of border stations and land ports of entry,\u201d as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/3684\/actions\">detailed<\/a> in the bill.<\/p>\n<p>The 13 House Republicans who voted for the bill include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Katko (R-NY)<\/li>\n<li>Don Bacon (R-NE)<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Van Drew (D-NJ)<\/li>\n<li>Fred Upton (R-MI)<\/li>\n<li>Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)<\/li>\n<li>Don Young (R-AK)<\/li>\n<li>Tom Reed (R-NY)<\/li>\n<li>Chris Smith (R-NJ)<\/li>\n<li>Andrew Garbarino (R-NY)<\/li>\n<li>Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)<\/li>\n<li>Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH)<\/li>\n<li>David McKinley (R-WV)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 19 Senate Republicans who voted for the bill include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dan Sullivan (R-AK)<\/li>\n<li>Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)<\/li>\n<li>Mike Crapo (R-ID)<\/li>\n<li>Roy Blunt (R-MO)<\/li>\n<li>Richard Burr (R-NC)<\/li>\n<li>Deb Fischer (R-NE)<\/li>\n<li>Lindsey Graham (R-SC)<\/li>\n<li>Rob Portman (R-OH)<\/li>\n<li>Thom Tillis (R-NC)<\/li>\n<li>Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)<\/li>\n<li>Jim Risch (R-ID)<\/li>\n<li>Chuck Grassley (R-IA)<\/li>\n<li>Bill Cassidy (R-LA)<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Cramer (R-ND)<\/li>\n<li>Roger Wicker (R-MS)<\/li>\n<li>Mitch McConnell (R-KY)<\/li>\n<li>John Hoeven (R-ND)<\/li>\n<li>Susan Collins (R-ME)<\/li>\n<li>Mitt Romney (R-UT)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While infrastructure at the U.S.-Mexico border was ignored, illegal immigration has skyrocketed in recent months. In Fiscal Year 2021, which ended on September 30, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/24\/analyst-bidens-record-high-illegal-immigration-unmitigated-disaster\/\">more than two million<\/a> illegal aliens crossed the southern border \u2014 the highest level of illegal immigration in American history.<\/p>\n<p>Of those illegal aliens, nearly 400,000 successfully entered the U.S. undetected. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/27\/report-joe-biden-releases-more-than-half-a-million-border-crossers-into-u-s\/\">Hundreds of thousands<\/a> more were apprehended, but then released into the U.S. interior by the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. 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