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Johnson Continues Commitment to Secure the Border
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Washington, D.C. – This week, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) cosponsored three bills to strengthen security and policies at the southern border.
“Under the Biden Administration’s weak border policies, every state has become a border state,” said Johnson. “An increase in drugs and crime is seen in communities across America. I remain committed to securing the border to keep South Dakota families safe.”
The Biden Administration’s border policies have increased the monthly average of illegal crossings by 368 percent from September 2020 vs. September 2023. Although South Dakota is 1,000 miles from the southern border, illegal immigration has cost our state $56.9 million in 2023. In May, Johnson voted in support of H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, when it passed with some of the strongest border security measures to be voted on by the House.
Legislation:
The Preventing the Recycling of Immigrants is Necessary for Trafficking Suspension (PRINTS) Act, led by U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA), would:
- Give CBP the authority to fingerprint non-citizens under the age of 14 in order to combat trafficking and child recycling;
- Require DHS to publicly report the number of apprehensions in a given month involving child traffickers who falsely claimed that an accompanying child was a relative;
- Require DHS to submit an annual report to Congress identifying the number of minors who were fingerprinted pursuant to this Act;
- Remove the Attorney General’s authority to waive fingerprinting requirements for those illegally crossing the southern border; and
- Criminalize child recycling.
The Southern Border Transparency Act, led by Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA), would require Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report:
- Number of migrants paroled at each POE and each Border Patrol sector, broken down by nationality and demographics.
- Number of migrants apprehended at each POE and each Border Patrol sector, and how many were granted voluntary departure, placed into expedited removal, or entered another process (likely humanitarian release).
- For each POE and Border Patrol sector: the number of migrants that entered into expedited removal, how many claimed a fear of persecution, credible fear of persecution, and were either removed, detained, or entered another process (likely release).
- The number of petitions for parole received and granted by USCIS.
- The total number of aliens paroled into the US, broken down by nationality and demographics, and of these for each fiscal year—
- How many granted employment authorization;
- How many still had a valid employment authorization;
- How many have not had parole expire;
- How many had status adjusted or parole extended;
- How many had parole expire, and of these, how many exited the United States;
- How many were returned to DHS custody from which they were paroled.
The Migrant Protection Protocols Permanency Act, led by U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX), would reinstate the “Remain in Mexico” policy, requiring those seeking asylum at the southern border or without proper documentation to return to Mexico to wait for their immigration proceedings.
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You approve of the DHS’s open boarders by passing their funding by the CRs and debt ceiling raising. And now you vote to get rid of a republican from the house of representative and weaken republican majority. Why is not an indictment used as an excuse to get rid of Menendez? Over 10 million illegals entered country since 2021, what took you so long to try to do something about it?
lol you had me until you lashed out in defense of george santos lol. good one.
i won’t mince words. someone’s paying you to post ridiculous rantings to keep trump’s people crazy or make them crazier. i think that’s a disgusting thing to do. don’t do it. seriously.
Nice job of avoiding the core issues raised in the previous post…typical.
If you think Santos was that guilty though he hasn’t been tried for a crime, what do you think of Tlaib inciting violence, or how about Omar who did every bit as much as Santos. Tlaib was censured by the house and was so distressed she was out doing the same thing in a couple of days after that terrible punishment the house doled out to her. Then there was Watters who outright incited violence in MN during Derrick Chauvin’s trial. If you really believe expelling Santos before he even went to trial was correct after they did nothing to those I mentioned. you are mis-informed or a hypocrite.
As far as RD being paid for his post, can’t you find another RINO but to kiss?
legislators removing legislators that have not been convicted of a crime undermine the voters of that district.
The ouster of “Baby George” Santos was led by Republican House members from Long Island (half of Santos district is in Long Island). They believed they could not run and win in their contested districts with Trump AND Santos on the ballot. Long Island has become solidly Republican and the Party has experienced a strong comeback in New York state. Santos and his egregious philandering was endangering this resurgence.
Let the voters decide.
RD, you’ll not get through to enquirer or terry, they neither one knows what a RINO is or what they do. If it was up to them, through what they spew, the gop would be filled with RINO’s and they’d never hold the house or senate again!