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A seven-day average of 5,000 or more would mandate a border closure. If the number exceeded 8,500 in a single day, there would also be a mandatory border closure. What happens if the border is closed?
Lankford has repeatedly emphasized that the emergency authority “is not designed to let 5,000 people in, it is designed to close the border and turn 5,000 people around.”
The border bill also comes with a big budget – including large amounts of funding for enforcement. ... The authority would automatically kick in if crossings rise above 5,000 on average per day ...
The bill included a "border emergency" provision that would automatically require the border to be closed if border encounters reached an average of 5,000 per day over several days. Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans falsely claimed the bill allowed 5,000 illegal border crossings per day. [ 89 ]
Lamb said, "We have our government giving people who came into this country illegally $5,000 gift cards." Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection said they do not financially assist ...
“This bill does not secure the border,” said Sen. Roger Marshall. ... to “shut down” the border if more than 5,000 people are trying to enter the country in one day, triggering the ...
The Border Protection, Anti-terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 was a bill in the 109th United States Congress. It was passed by the United States House of Representatives on December 16, 2005, by a vote of 239 to 182 (with 92% of Republicans supporting, 82% of Democrats opposing), but did not pass the Senate.
He has also falsely suggested that the bill would allow 5,000 illegal border crossings per day as he seeks to wield border chaos as a political weapon in a likely 2024 rematch against President ...