Republican border wall couldn’t even withstand WIND, says Karine Jean-Pierre: AGAIN Blames GOP for migrant crisis, claims they voted to fire 2,000 border agents
- Jean-Pierre referred to an incident where the wind blew over an incomplete stretch
- She attacked the House GOP budget before bipartisan talks
- Title 42 authority ends Thursday amid expected immigration crisis
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tried her best Monday to attack the border wall between the House of Republicans and former President Trump — on a day when the FBI prepares for an even greater influx of migrants to the southern border.
Jean-Pierre pieced together the White House’s attacks on the House GOP budget on the eve of President Joe Biden’s meeting with Republican leaders and a looming debt-ceiling deadline that has raised the specter of default.
With that potential crisis looming, she echoed earlier warnings from the White House Office of Management Budget that the House GOP budget would lead to cuts in U.S. border police officers.
“Earlier this month, House Republicans voted to fire 2,000 Border Patrol officers, and this week they are passing a bill that would demonstrate once again that House Republicans are more interested in anti-immigration campaigns, which resolves the actually,” she said. said.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre took on Donald Trump’s border wall and a bill from the House GOP budget on Monday, days before Title 42 border restrictions will end
Biden will sit down with congressional leaders on the budget at 4 p.m. Tuesday just as financial markets close — with little sign of the two sides moving closer.
Jean-Pierre meant HR 2which, among other things, would force the Biden administration to resume construction of the border wall.
“The bill, HR 2, would be a disaster for border security and a Christmas present for people smugglers,” she said. It would lead to more illegal migration by blocking legal pathways to protection, it would flout our country’s core values and international obligations, and it would be a boon to dictators around the world. And instead of providing the necessary resources for more border security technology, asylum seekers and judges, it would be wasting taxpayers’ money on an ineffective wall.”
Then she ripped against the wall even more. “Another ineffective wall that can’t even withstand high winds let alone sophisticated criminal smuggling networks. If the president presented HR, he would veto it,” she said.
Jean-Pierre seemed to be referring to an incident in January 2020, when part of the border wall fell on some trees along the US-Mexico border. There were no injuries and it is believed that the section fell amid wind gusts of 30 miles per hour while the concrete was still hardening.
The White House OMB also overturned the GOP bill in a new Statement of Board Positionsaying it “makes elements of our immigration system worse.”
Jean-Pierre appeared to refer to an incident in January 2020 when part of the border wall collapsed
Administration claims cuts to proposed House GOP budget would result in 2,000 border control officers being fired
Jean-Pierre shot at former President Trump’s border wall. A group of Mexican migrants cut a section in March 2021
House conservatives have hit back at White House characterizations of the budget, with House Freedom Caucus chairman Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) accuse the White House of ‘smear and fear’.
The tussle came just before another aspect of the Trump administration’s border policy — Title 42 restrictions — was due to fall.
With Title 42 gone, Title 8 of the Immigration and Nationality Act becomes the new watchword.
It gives asylum seekers the opportunity to participate in a ‘believable fear’ interview with an officer or judge.
If they fail, they will soon be able to board a plane back to their home country or Mexico through an expedited removal procedure. Otherwise, they can start the lengthy asylum process.