As usual, Donald Trump said it best: “Only a fool, or a Radical Left Democrat, would vote for this horrendous Border Bill, which only gives Shutdown Authority after 5000 Encounters a day, when we already have the right to CLOSE THE BORDER NOW, which must be done.
Based on the leaks and Indian signs we picked-up from our friends on Capitol Hill we were confident in opposing the Lankford – Biden – Schumer open border bill before the official text was released.
And since it has been made public, we think Senator Ted Cruz was way too polite in terming it a “stinking pile of crap bill.”
As our friend Robert Romano explained in a must-read article for Americans for Limited Government, under Section 3301 of Division C, Title III of the legislation, entitled “Border Emergency Authority” for a Title 42-like emergency removal authority, the Secretary of Homeland Security would only have the power to activate the authority on a discretionary basis when there are at least 4,000 illegal entries a day: “The Secretary may activate the border emergency authority if, during a period of 7 consecutive calendar days, there is an average of 4,000 or more aliens who are encountered each day.”
That works out to 1.46 million illegal entries a year if the average held Mr. Romano calculated. Any fewer than that, and the President and Secretary of Homeland Security would not have the ability to close the border.
The border emergency would only be activated on a mandatory basis when the seven-day rolling average of illegal entries did not hit 5,000 illegal aliens a day: “The Secretary shall activate the border emergency authority if… during a period of 7 consecutive calendar days, there is an average of 5,000 or more aliens who are encountered each day; or… on any 1 calendar day, a combined total of 8,500 or more aliens are encountered.”
That’s a threshold of 1.85 million illegal entries a year if the average held. Any fewer, and an administration would have no obligation to do anything, explained Mr. Romano.
Conservatives are united in opposition to the betrayal of American sovereignty being championed by Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma. And Lankford has already been censured by his own state Republican Party for supporting and advocating opening the border to almost 2 million more illegal aliens.
What’s more the leaders of the conservative movement who are part of the Conservative Action Project, have issued a “Memo for the Movement” urging conservatives at the grassroots to join them in opposing the Lankford – Biden – Schumer open borders bill.
As they pointed out, the reality is that President Biden does not need new authorities to secure the border. He simply has to enforce existing law. President Trump was able to secure the border and drop illegal crossings to historic lows simply by enforcing the laws available to him. It is a fiction that more authority is needed to help President Biden do his job, and it is questionable whether, even with new legal authorities granted to him, Biden would even enforce those laws.
Even worse, it puts the left-wing federal court in D.C. in control over all legal questions about the border.
And it will allow Joe Biden to override what few immigration restrictions there are.
Unfortunately, given the number of Uniparty Republicans in the Senate that is not enough to – by itself – kill the bill.
What is needed is a huge, melt the Capitol switchboard and email servers, outpouring of conservative opposition, directed especially at Senate Republicans.
So, we have joined Americans for Limited Government in urging our friends and CHQ readers to contact their Senators to demand they vote NO on the Lankford-Biden-Schumer open borders bill.
It won’t take more than a couple of minutes.
We must flood Congress with emails opposing this bill.
Again, this measure allows 5,000 illegals to pour into America each day.
And any legal challenges will be handled by the left-wing federal court in D.C.
But then it also gives Joe Biden the power to simply ignore the few immigration restrictions included in this bill.
This is nothing but a permanent open borders bill!
And please forward this email to everyone you know and ask them to send emails to their representative and senators as well.
If you prefer to call your Senators, the Capitol Switchboard is (202-224-3121), email or call today and tell your Senators to vote NO on the Lankford-Biden-Schumer open borders bill.
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Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford