Maura Healey backs Senate border deal, Mike Johnson says bill is ‘DEAD on arrival,’ Massachusetts migrant group calls it ‘inhumane’

The nation is fiercely divided over the $118 billion U.S. Senate border deal, including in the Bay State where Gov. Maura Healey is pushing for the bill amid the migrant crisis while a local immigrant group called the legislation “inhumane and un-American.” The bipartisan Senate bill, which would address southern border enforcement policy and also … Read more

Biden Promises to “Shut Down” Border If Congress Can Pass Bipartisan Deal

President Joe Biden urged Congress on Friday to pass a bipartisan bill that he argued would address an escalating immigration crisis, vowing to “shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed.” “What’s been negotiated would – if passed into law – be the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border we’ve ever … Read more

House Speaker Mike Johnson urges Biden to use executive action at the southern border

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, blamed President Biden for the migrant crisis, saying Wednesday the president has the authority to significantly reduce the record number of border crossings without action from Congress.  “On his first day in office, President Biden came in and issued executive orders that began this chaos” Johnson told “Face … Read more