Speaker Johnson accuses Biden of ‘absolute madness’ on border, warns of ‘clear and present danger’
NY Post
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) accused President Biden of “absolute madness” Wednesday over his administration’s handling of immigration policy and warned of a “clear and present danger” to the US unless the migrant crisis comes to an end.
“We have a catastrophe at our southern border,” Johnson said in his first House floor speech, which came nearly 100 days after he won the speaker’s gavel in October. “From Texas to New York, waves of illegal immigrants are now overwhelming our communities.”
The speaker also dismissed ongoing Senate negotiations over a $106 billion national security supplemental package that included border policy changes, saying that leaked drafts of the bill show that up to 5,000 migrants would still be allowed in per day.
“The number should be zero,” Johnson said of the proposal.
The top House Republican laid out record-shattering numbers of border crossings, spiking rates of deaths due to fentanyl overdoses and the trafficking of “vulnerable women and children” by Mexican cartels during the Biden administration — in addition to the apprehension of 361 illegal aliens flagged on terror watch lists.
“The situation at our southern border presents a clear and present danger to our national security,” Johnson declared, citing congressional testimony from FBI Director Christopher Wray about the 1.5 million “gotaways” who evaded detection on Biden’s watch when they entered the US.
