EXCLUSIVE — RepTonyGonzales, a Texas Republican, has for months single-handedly blocked the House GOP’s efforts to pass a bill that leadership has claimed would end the border crisis. Gonzales said the proposal was “absolutely dead” under his watch.
Rep. Tony Gonzales said in an exclusive interview with the Washington Examiner on Monday evening that he would not allow the House Freedom Caucus-backed Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 to advance.“HR 29 is dead. It is absolutely dead,” Gonzales, a second-term lawmaker who represents residents across 800 miles of the 1,950-mile U.S.-Mexico border, said. “I won't have the House Republicans just pass a bill that has zero chance of any sustainability in solving the problem.
Roy’s bill was added to the immigration package. It would give the Department of Homeland Security the authority to bar at any time the admission and release into the United States of any non-U.S. citizen while they go through yearslong court proceedings. If the secretary of homeland security does allow illegal immigrants to reside in the U.S. out of federal custody, state attorneys general could sue.
In the lead-up to the midterm elections last November, Republicans advertised their plan to introduce policies that would reduce the number of people attempting to enter the U.S. illegally. The plans largely consisted of re-implementing policies from the Trump administration, some of which are tied up in court battles or were rescinded by Biden.
Last week, Republican leadership in the House put the brakes on the bill before it was scheduled to go through the Judiciary Committee for markups. "Immigration reform starts with work visas," Gonzales continued."What I see happening is everybody is focused on trying to combat and work on the illegal part of it. There has to be some legal aspects that alleviate some of the stress."
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