Conservative groups demand GOP border security bill’s inclusion in funding to avoid shutdown
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Conservative groups are calling for the inclusion of a bill to restart border wall construction and overhaul asylum claims in any continuing resolution to keep the government open.
"If H.R. 2 is attached to the CR, as it should be, then the Biden Administration must choose: shut down the border crisis and fund the government or shut down the government in order to maintain the border crisis," the groups say in a letter to congressional leaders, obtained by Fox News Digital. Funding HR2 Coalition Letter by Fox News on Scribd Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
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The Groups on the letter include the America First Policy Institute, Numbers USA, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), the Eagle Forum and the Texas Public Policy Foundation. It includes the signatures of former Trump DHS officials including former acting acting ICE Director Tom Homan, former acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan and former Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott.