By Steve Neavling
Republicans have long blamed Democrats for the border crisis, but the White House warned that GOP lawmakers would hurt border security and prompt thousands of job cuts at CBP over their debt ceiling bill.
“This week, nearly every House Republican voted to hold the American economy – including millions of jobs, businesses and retirement accounts – hostage unless they are allowed to lay off thousands of Border Patrol agents,” White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said in a statement Friday.
House Republicans passed a debt ceiling bill that would reduce spending.
A government analysis in March estimated that spending cuts could jeopardize border security and eliminate funding for 2,000 CBP employees.
“The extreme MAGA Default on America Act would impose these damaging cuts for our national security in order to make room for deficit-increasing tax giveaways to rich special interests, including billionaires and multinational corporations,” Bates said.
