Published February 15, 2024
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Bottom Line,” Rep. Michael Guest (R-MS) responded to arguments from Democrats that the failure of the Senate bill will force budget shortfalls on DHS by pointing out that the House appropriations bill increased the number of Border Patrol agents and the number of detention beds, while prior budget requests from the Biden administration have requested cuts to detention beds.
Guest said, [relevant remarks begin around 2:05] “The crisis on the southern border was created by the fact that Secretary Mayorkas refuses to enforce the law. He refuses to detain inmates. And it is so ironic now that they are — being the Democrats — are saying, because the bill in the Senate did not pass, they’re going to have to close detention beds.
