WASHINGTON – With a potential government shutdown looming, Congressional leaders as well as the two frontrunners for the presidency are putting emphasis on the southern border.
Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will visit Texas border towns on Thursday in dueling appearances at the border.
The top four Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate met with Biden to hash out differences over the looming shutdown, with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) putting emphasis on the border crisis.
“We must take care of America’s needs first. When you talk about America’s needs, we have to talk about our open border,” Speaker Johnson said after the meeting.
A bipartisan Senate border bill collapsed recently after the House Speaker made it clear he would not support the bill in his chamber.
“We all agree that we have a broken immigration system and that there’s a need to address the challenges at the border in a thoughtful, bipartisan way,” said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) following the meeting.
Illegal immigration has already become a central theme of the 2024 election with the dueling visits on Thursday by the two presidential frontrunners. A prolonged government shutdown would further stall any border action in
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