{"id":1454094,"date":"2024-01-30T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1454094"},"modified":"2024-01-30T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T18:45:00","slug":"elon-musk-blasts-bidens-push-for-border-deal-no-laws-need-to-be-passed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/elon-musk-blasts-bidens-push-for-border-deal-no-laws-need-to-be-passed\/1454094\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Blasts Biden’s Push For Border Deal: “No Laws Need To Be Passed”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elon Musk Blasts Biden’s Push For Border Deal: “No Laws Need To Be Passed”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times<\/a> (emphasis ours),<\/em><\/p>\n

President Joe Biden\u2019s call for a bipartisan Senate deal to tackle the border crisis drew criticism from Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who said the president was overlooking\u2014or refusing to see\u2014simple fixes that don\u2019t require new laws<\/strong> to address the problem.<\/p>\n

X (formerly Twitter) CEO Elon Musk leaves a US Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2023. (Mandel Ngan\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

On Friday, President Biden posted a statement on X<\/a> calling for Congress to pass legislation giving him new emergency authority to shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf given that authority, I would use it the day I sign the bill into law,\u201d the president insisted while reiterating his call for Congress to approve more money for border security.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re serious about the border crisis, pass a bipartisan bill, and I will sign it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Musk, who recently argued<\/a> that the Biden administration was \u201cactively aiding illegal immigration\u201d by suing Arizona and Texas to block state-level efforts to secure the border, posted a critical take on President Biden\u2019s insistence on the deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo laws need to be passed. All that is needed is an executive order to require proof before granting an asylum hearing. That is how it used to be,<\/strong>\u201d Mr. Musk said in his post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A flurry of other reactions to President Biden\u2019s message featured some supportive messages\u2014but also many critical takes.<\/p>\n

The latter included calls for<\/a> restoring the Trump-era \u201cRemain in Mexico\u201d policy that required asylum-seekers to wait south of the border until their claims were processed. This policy has been credited with having a meaningful reduction of illegal crossings.<\/p>\n

The Biden administration moved to suspend \u201cRemain in Mexico\u201d on the president\u2019s first day in the White House in January 2021.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a purported leaked draft of the deal being pushed by President Biden prompted House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to remark<\/a> it would be \u201cdead on arrival\u201d in the lower chamber.<\/p>\n

Former President Donald Trump recently urged<\/a> Republicans to reject anything but a \u201cperfect\u201d deal on border security.<\/strong><\/p>\n

No details are known about the contents of the deal, but it reportedly includes funding for Ukraine and Israel amid ongoing military conflicts.<\/p>\n

President Biden\u2019s push for the deal comes as illegal border crossings in December shattered previous records.<\/p>\n

A group of more than 1,000 unvetted immigrants wait in line near a U.S. Border Patrol field processing center after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico, in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Dec. 18, 2023. (John Moore\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Record-Breaking Border Surge<\/h2>\n

There were a stunning 371,036 encounters in December, new data<\/a> from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) show, breaking the previous record of 341,392 set in August 2023.<\/p>\n

Encounters along the southwest land border also set a new record, hitting 302,034, per other data<\/a> released by CBP on Jan. 26<\/p>\n

The record-breaking numbers come amid House Republican efforts to impeach Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his handling of the illegal immigration crisis.<\/p>\n

Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) is expected to introduce articles of impeachment against Mr. Mayorkas next week.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecretary Mayorkas has outdone himself yet again\u2014<\/strong>never have we seen such catastrophic numbers, even with historically high encounter numbers on his watch,\u201d Mr. Green said in a statement. \u201cDecember\u2019s numbers serve as more undeniable proof that Secretary Mayorkas must be impeached.\u201d<\/p>\n

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas holds a press conference at a U.S. Border Patrol station in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Jan. 8, 2024. (John Moore\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Intentional Disaster?<\/h2>\n

Mr. Green said that the record-high numbers are not only a \u201cdisaster,\u201d but he alleged they are intentional.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis staggering number of encounters at our borders only happens by design and a willful refusal to comply with the laws passed by Congress<\/strong>,\u201d Mr. Green said, accusing the DHS chief of having \u201cintentionally opened our borders.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Green, like many of his fellow Republicans, has accused the Biden administration of relaxing border policies and flinging open the door to a sharp influx of illegal aliens.<\/p>\n

Biden administration officials have rejected such allegations, claiming they\u2019re doing all they can to stem the influx and variously blaming factors like seasonal fluctuations, a broken immigration system\u2014even climate change.<\/p>\n

Voters, meanwhile, have grown increasingly concerned about the border crisis, with a recent poll<\/a> showing that immigration has become the top concern, shunting inflation into second spot.<\/p>\n

President Biden, whose approval on immigration sank to 35 percent in the poll, recently admitted that the border is not secure\u2014although he denied his policies have had anything to do with it.<\/p>\n

Mr. Mayorkas recently pinned the blame<\/a> for the influx on Congress, or rather its failure to make legislative changes and provide more money for border security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nTue, 01\/30\/2024 – 08:45<\/span><\/p>\n

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