President Trump’s border crackdown just reached a major Senate test, and Democrats are trying to turn the vote-a-rama into a last-minute blockade.

The fight is over the Secure America Act, the Republican reconciliation bill aimed at fully funding ICE and Border Patrol through the rest of Trump’s term.

Senator John Barrasso’s office laid out the Senate Republican case this way:

“The Secure America Act… will fully fund Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the next three years… through the end of President Trump’s term.”

“Now, why do we need to do this? Because Democrats have refused to fund CBP and ICE.

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“That is their plan. Their plan is to deny these agencies the necessary resources to remove dangerous criminals from our country and our streets.

“If you listen to what Democrats say, you know this is true. Their rhetoric makes this abundantly clear.

“Democrats have repeatedly accused the agency’s agents of kidnapping illegal immigrants and carrying out government-sponsored terrorism.

“What a terrible thing to say about our law enforcement.”

“We actually need every vote and every vote will matter.

“We are going to need every vote to fund ICE and the Border Patrol, because Democrats are calling for Republicans to abandon them.

“They want us to abandon the policies that have reduced illegal crossings to the lowest level in recorded history.

“They want us to abandon these law enforcement agents who put their lives on the line every single day and night.

“Democrats will put forth amendment after amendment on the floor designed to force Republicans to abandon ICE and Border Patrol.

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“I want to be crystal clear. Republicans will not allow Democrats to undermine law enforcement, both ICE and Border Patrol.”

Barrasso put the stakes in plain language as the Senate fight moved forward:

This is why the vote matters far beyond Washington procedure.

ICE and Border Patrol are not abstract line items here. They are the agencies carrying out Trump’s enforcement promise after years of catch-and-release chaos.

The White House’s Securing Our Borders executive order explained the enforcement mission behind Trump’s border push:

Over the last 4 years, the United States has endured a large-scale invasion at an unprecedented level. Millions of illegal aliens from nations and regions all around the world successfully entered the United States where they are now residing, including potential terrorists, foreign spies, members of cartels, gangs, and violent transnational criminal organizations, and other hostile actors with malicious intent.

Deadly narcotics and other illicit materials have flowed across the border while agents and officers spend their limited resources processing illegal aliens for release into the United States. These catch-and-release policies undermine the rule of law and our sovereignty, create substantial risks to public safety and security, and divert critical resources away from stopping the entry of contraband and fugitives into the United States.

We have limited information on the precise whereabouts of a great number of these illegal aliens who have entered the United States over the last 4 years.

This cannot stand. A nation without borders is not a nation, and the Federal Government must act with urgency and strength to end the threats posed by an unsecured border.

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One of my most important obligations is to protect the American people from the disastrous effects of unlawful mass migration and resettlement.

My Administration will marshal all available resources and authorities to stop this unprecedented flood of illegal aliens into the United States.

Senate Republicans are also forcing Democrats to defend their position on ICE and CBP funding in public:

The Senate can turn this into one of the biggest border-security wins of Trump’s second term, but only if Republicans hold together through the amendment storm.

If Democrats peel off enough votes or load the bill with poison pills, the same agencies enforcing the border stay trapped in a funding fight.

For MAGA voters, this is a roll call worth watching closely.

The border was a promise. Now Republicans have to prove they can fund the people enforcing it.

This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.

 

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