“This bill is even worse than we expected,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a statement.
In a scathing new statement Sunday night, House Speaker Mike Johnson said that if the Senate's bipartisan bill, which would overhaul the immigration system along with aid for Israel and Ukraine, passes the House, He said it would be invalidated upon arrival.
“We've seen enough. This bill is even worse than we expected and will come far from ending the border disaster the president has wrought.” As the Democratic chief negotiator declared, Under the bill, “the border will never close.” If this bill is tabled in the House of Commons, it will be dead on arrival,” Prime Minister Johnson said in a statement on X, repeating comments he made before introducing the bill.
Johnson's statement came just hours after the text of the bill was scrapped. The Senate spent months working in a bipartisan manner to reach agreement on the National Security Supplemental Plan.
House Minority Leader Steve Scalise said the bill, which includes millions of dollars in new foreign aid and would be the first major overhaul of the country's immigration system in years, will not even get a vote in the House. He said it would be.
“Let me be clear: the Senate border bill will not get a vote in the House. Here’s what the people pushing this “deal” aren’t saying: “It admits thousands of illegal immigrants and automatically grants work permits to asylum seekers, creating a magnet for even more illegal immigrants,” Scalise said in a statement about X.
Republican Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota also opposes the Senate bill.
“Let me say it again: Any agreement in the Senate that explicitly allows for even one illegal entry to the United States is void when it reaches the House of Representatives. “It's an insult to the Democratic Party's open borders policy,” Emmer said in a statement about X.
New York Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik expressed strong opposition to the bill in a post about X.
Stefanik, an ally of former President Donald Trump, said: “This Joe Biden/Chuck Schumer Open Borders Act is not a start at all and will further encourage thousands of illegal aliens to cross our border every day. That's going to happen,” he said at X.
Since the document was released early Sunday night, House Republicans have voiced their opposition to the Senate bill en masse.
“It took months for the Senate to write the bill. I guarantee you it will take months for the House to consider all the provisions,” said Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-Texas). said in a statement regarding X.
In the Senate, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell sponsored the bipartisan bill, saying, “We recognize the ranks of those who have worked tirelessly to ensure that supplemental national security legislation begins with a direct and immediate solution to the crisis at our southern border.'' Thank you, Senator Ford.”
“America's sovereignty is being tested here at home, and our credibility is being tested by our brave adversaries around the world. The challenges we face will not resolve themselves, and our adversaries will not “The Senate must not wait for the U.S. Senate to muster the resolve to fight back. We must carefully consider the opportunity before us and be prepared to act,” McConnell added.
Meanwhile, there has already been early opposition from Senate Democrats, including California's Alex Padilla. Padilla said the bipartisan agreement “misses the point” and amounts to “dismantling” the asylum system.
“This agreement includes a new version of failed Trump-era immigration policies that will cause more chaos at the border, not less,” Padilla said in a statement.
