Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said the American people should decide the fate of the bipartisan border bill at the ballot box in November.
The bipartisan border deal includes $20.23 billion for operational needs and capabilities at the border and to provide resources for the new border policies, according to CNN. It also raises standards for asylum screening and to process claims faster, ends the practice known as “catch and release,” and gives the president the authority to restrict illegal migrant crossings when it reaches a set threshold.
Biden has endorsed the bill.
“Now, House Republicans have to decide,” Biden said in a statement. “Do they want to solve the problem? Or do they want to keep playing politics with the border? I’ve made my decision. I’m ready to solve the problem. I’m ready to secure the border. And so are the American people.”
Despite this, Jordan claimed in a Fox Business interview Monday that Biden is not interested in solving the problem at the border “that he purposefully created.”
The ineffective lawmaker from Ohio who hasn’t passed a bill in nearly two decades in Congress, argued that Congress should instead withhold federal funds for immigration processing of new migrants until after the November election.
“Let’s say ‘time out’ and let the American people decide how we want to deal with this in November, when we have President Trump — who actually had control of our border — against President Biden. Let the country decide,” Jordan said.
Several pro-Trump members of Congress rushed to attack the bill on Sunday after the 370-page legislation was released, likely following orders of former president who has been urging his allies in Congress to sink the proposal weeks before its text was made public so he can run on the issue in November.
