House Republicans Hint at Government Shutdown If Border Not Secured

Border hawks have upped the rhetoric to spur the president and Senate to action, hinting that domestic funding and Ukraine aid depend on closing the border.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) at a briefing with Texas Department of Public Safety in at Shelby Park on the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Jan. 3, 2024. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

EAGLE PASS, Texas–Some House Republicans have leveled the threat of holding up domestic legislation unless President Joe Biden takes strong executive action to secure the southern border, potentially forcing a government shutdown until illegal immigration is halted.

The comments came before and during a press event held in conjunction with a Jan. 3 border visit by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and some 60 GOP colleagues.