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US President Joe Biden\u2019s administration has responded to the political fallout over a record influx of illegal immigrants by trying to shift blame for the border crisis to Republican lawmakers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As House Speaker Mike Johnson led a delegation of Republicans visiting the US-Mexico border on Wednesday, the White House issued a statement accusing the opposition party of blocking Biden\u2019s efforts to resolve the crisis. Biden spokesman Andrew Bates condemned Republicans for refusing to pass the president\u2019s emergency-funding request and accused them of having an\u00a0\u201canti-border-security record,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0including an effort to cut funding for Border Patrol officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHouse Republicans are once more compromising America\u2019s national security and economic growth with shutdown threats,\u201d<\/em> Bates said <\/a>in response to a report that lawmakers vowed to block funding for the whole government if Biden didn\u2019t close the border. He added, \u201cToday\u2019s statements are just House Republicans\u2019 latest admission that as President Biden and both parties in the Senate seek common ground to address the needs of the American people, their conference is instead choosing extreme politics that would subject American families to needless pain.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Biden bundled his request for $6.4 billion in border security funding into a $106 billion emergency spending package that also includes military aid to Ukraine and Israel. Most House Republicans oppose continuing to send weapons to Kiev, arguing that Biden\u2019s policies lack a strategy for ending the fighting. Lawmakers have also argued that the president\u2019s plan doesn\u2019t go far enough to stop the flow of illegal aliens into the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Border Patrol officers reportedly encountered more than 300,000 illegal immigrants crossing into the US in December, an all-time high for a single month. Illegal border crossings have surged since Biden took office in January 2021 and began dismantling the immigration policies of his Republican predecessor, former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden\u2019s administration released nearly 1.4 million illegal aliens into the US in the last fiscal year, in many cases letting them stay in the country while awaiting court hearings for dubious asylum claims,\u00a0according<\/a>\u00a0to the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Monmouth University poll released last month showed that Biden\u2019s approval rating dropped to a record low of 34%. Just 26% of US adults approve of his immigration policies, a troubling statistic as he seeks reelection in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critics of Biden\u2019s policies have argued that in addition to flooding the US with illegal aliens, the nation\u2019s porous borders have jeopardized national security. More than 172 illegal immigrants encountered by Border Patrol agents in the last fiscal year had been flagged on the nation\u2019s terrorist watch list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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