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Earlier this month, the Senate rejected a “compromise” on the border and passed a bill that would fund Israel’s many needs after the Oct. 7 massacre, the defense of Taiwan, weapons for Ukraine, and significant spending on the U.S. defense industrial base. was sent to the House of Representatives. Speaker Mike Johnson now needs to decide what to do with this bill, as it requires more support from his caucus than the bill currently being introduced by the House Republican Caucus. What’s the best strategy for speakers? Make an offer everyone can’t refuse. Let’s build a wall.
The key to passing the supplemental bill lies in a February 27 Washington Post article. The headline says, “Border walls are more popular than ever.”
Two important paragraphs:
“Recent polls show majority support for building a wall along our southern border.
“Late last year, a Quinnipiac University/Fox News poll showed 52 to 57 percent support for construction. Monday’s Monmouth University poll had support at 53 percent.”
These are eye-popping numbers, as the wall was former President Trump’s signature issue, but they are on top of the breakdown in border security and the flood of migrants who have crossed the border since President Biden took office. The shrug caused a dramatic shift in public opinion. Trump and the wall favor.
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Trump had the border under control by the end of his first term and promised to control it again in his second term.
Biden will be the sharpest contrast in his upcoming campaign, abandoning policies that led to border controls that allowed 8 million people to enter the country without authorization in his first three years. That number is now likely to exceed 9 million total border “encounters.” And that number does not include “fugitives.” They are illegal immigrants who enter the country without passing through ports of entry and are never “encountered” by law enforcement anywhere. . The “fugitives” include the cartel’s worst customers, who have the most fentanyl, and Chinese nationals who don’t want to be fingerprinted and released.
It’s a mess. That’s a huge burden on all the states and cities experiencing an influx of immigrants. This is a threat to any child who tries a single pill who thinks they bought Xanax online, but it’s a counterfeit drug laced with a lethal dose of fentanyl. And it’s a national security nightmare.
Biden, Trump to shut down U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday as immigration crisis disrupts election
In fiscal 2021, only 450 Chinese people were “encountered” at the border, but in fiscal 2022, the number of people “encountered” with Chinese nationals jumped to 2,176. According to NBC News, this population surge will continue to grow, with an additional 19,000 people already entering the country in the first quarter of 2024. It is estimated that
It is a primary issue of national security. Do you think that when the Soviet Union existed, President Ronald Reagan would have allowed 40,000 Soviets to enter this country and disappear into the interior? Of course not, but Joe Biden did the equivalent without doing anything.
On February 17, Border Patrol encountered the migrants in the San Diego area. (Fox News)
When discussing this portion of the Chinese migrant flood with three former Trump-era national security officials over the weekend, they said tens of thousands of Chinese will not simply escape control of the Chinese Communist Party. He assured me. They are very alarmed that the majority of these immigrants are military-age men.
No matter what sanctuary cities or California think about expanding Medicaid to illegal immigrants (costing a state with a $68 billion deficit over $2 billion a year), the reality is that everyone except the hard-leftists It means that Americans across the political spectrum are waking up. The fact is that this cannot continue.
The border with Mexico is 3,954 miles long. 900 miles are considered “traversable.” After he left office, Trump added miles of wall every day, trying to build as many of the 900 miles of wall he needed. But soon after Biden took office, construction stopped and footage began circulating of migrants walking around unfinished walls and through gaps created by coyotes. Americans noticed. They wanted The Wall and they still want it.
Funding for most of the additional legislation already has majority support in the House, but how do we pass the necessary legislation? Work on clarifying language. That would also require language in the new law authorizing its construction “notwithstanding any other law or treaty with any nation or sovereign tribe.” This language would require construction on tribal lands and overcome obstacles to wall construction posed by the federal Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, and National Environmental Policy Act. This is America. We built the interstate highway system. If Congress has the will, money, and clear direction, we can build a wall in a matter of months.
Need more information? Build a wall. It’s that simple.
Hugh Hewitt is one of the country’s leading centre-right journalists. A son of Ohio State and a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Michigan Law School, Mr. Hewitt has been a professor of law at Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law since 1996, teaching constitutional law. Hewitt started his eponymous radio show from Los Angeles in 1990, and it is now syndicated to hundreds of stations and stations across the United States every Monday through Friday morning. Hewitt frequently appears on every major national news television network, hosts television programs on PBS and MSNBC, writes for every major American newspaper, has written 12 books, and has written for numerous Republican candidates. He has moderated debates, most recently moderating the November 2023 Republican presidential debate. He participated in four Republican presidential debates in Miami and 2015-2016. Hewitt focuses his radio show and this column on the Constitution, national security, American politics, the Cleveland Browns and the Guardians. Over his 40 years on the air, Hewitt has interviewed tens of thousands of guests, from Democrats Hillary Clinton and John Kerry to Republicans George W. Bush and President Donald Trump. This column previews the major stories driving today’s radio programming.
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