House Republicans Hint at Government Shutdown If Border Not Secured

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 news event held in conjunction with a Jan. 3 border visit by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and some 60 GOP colleagues. “The solution is [H.R. 2], or the solution is simply one sentence: No money can be used to process or release into the country any new migrants,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) told reporters, adding that if President Biden will not adopt that policy, “We should put that one sentence in must-pass legislation.”...