House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) signaled this week that he would not back a border security deal being negotiated by Senate Republicans.
Far-right Republicans in the House expressed outrage in recent weeks because a possible immigration policy deal was said to potentially allow 5,000 migrants to cross into the U.S. each day.
Johnson weighed in on the reported negotiations on Monday.
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"Any border 'shutdown' authority that ALLOWS even one illegal crossing is a non-starter," Johnson wrote on X (formerly Twitter). "Thousands each day is outrageous. The number must be ZERO."
Punchbowl's Jake Sherman said Johnson's post was "[m]ore evidence that he does not have much interest in the [Senate] package, which has not yet been released."
