House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) took a shot at President Joe Biden on Thursday over the prospect of the administration using executive powers to address the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border as the commander-in-chief revs up his campaign to get re-elected this November.
Reports say Biden is considering executive action to restrict asylum claims with a trigger to block new entrants upon a certain number of illegal crossings — a mechanism similar to one that was tucked into a recently defeated Senate immigration deal that Johnson said would have been “dead on arrival” in the House — and toughening standards for screenings.
“Americans have lost faith in this President and won’t be fooled by election year gimmicks that don’t actually secure the border. Nor will they forget that the President created this catastrophe and, until now, has refused to use his executive power to…
