The House of Representatives recently delivered a harsh reality check to the White House if they intend to exploit federally owned land to escape the border situation.
The GOP-controlled lower chamber notably forbade any money to host illegal immigrants on federally maintained land in a bill that was enacted on Thursday, according to The Daily Signal.
Representative Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican from New York, led the charge on the proposal.
“Turning our federal parks into encampments for unvetted migrants from all over the world is unfair to surrounding communities, and the taxpayers being forced to foot the bill while having their public spaces taken away,” read a statement from Malliotakis when she introduced the legislation in October.
“I’ve joined local and federal colleagues to use every legal and legislative tool at our disposal, from lawsuits to this legislation, to stop the Biden, [New York Gov. Kathy] Hochul and [New York City Mayor Eric] Adams administrations from taking more open space from our citizens,” she added.
“I appreciate the House Committee on Natural Resources coming to New York City to see the grave misuse of federal land firsthand and thank them for quickly taking up my legislation, putting us one step closer to ending this madness once and for all.”
H.R. 5283 was approved with 224 votes in favor and 203 against.
The Clerk of the House of Representatives website states that six Democrats supported the legislation.
Reps. Henry Cuellar and Vincente Gonzalez of Texas, as well as Reps. Mary Peltola of Alaska, Jared Golden of Maine, Don Davis of North Carolina, and Marie Perez of Washington, all held swing districts or had an impact on the border issue.
Republicans did not vote against the proposal.
The measure was the result of hearings held in September by the House Committee on Natural Resources, which concluded with a denunciation of the Biden administration’s practice of housing illegal immigrant camps on National Park Service property.
As a statement from the committee noted, examples include using the Gateway National Recreation Area in New York City as part of “an effort to house the ballooning number of migrants in NYC.”
“Republican members visited this proposed site and saw firsthand that it’s an incredible resource for NYC residents and visitors, providing kayaking, fishing, and other outdoor recreation opportunities in the middle of an urban area,” the statement read.
“Turning the Gateway National Recreation Area into a migrant camp would immediately cut off the access NYC residents have enjoyed for years.”
In the statement, Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman claimed it was another piece of evidence that the border policies of the Biden administration “continue to tarnish every aspect of American life.”
“Not only have these failures directly resulted in 6 million illegal crossings since Joe Biden took office, a devastating fentanyl crisis and an increase in terrorism threats, but now the administration is attempting to permanently alter our national parks by permitting the construction of migrant camps on some of America’s most treasured lands,” he added.
“According to this precedent, President Biden’s failing border policies are coming to a park near you.”
To borrow Westerman’s eloquent (and apparent) phrase, “failing border policies,” the White House released a statement sharply denouncing the House’s attempt to prevent them from utilizing federal land.
“The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 5283, which would prohibit the use of Federal funds to provide temporary shelter to certain noncitizens, including migrants seeking asylum, on Federal lands falling under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Forest Service,” the White House said in a “Statement of Administration Policy.”
“The Administration opposes this legislation because it would significantly restrict the ability of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture to make decisions regarding the appropriate uses of their lands and resources, even in emergency or other situations.”
Naturally, this bill won’t be welcomed with open arms by the White House, which is more adamantly opposed to the measure, or the Democratic-controlled Senate, though swing votes like West Virginia Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin and independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona may make passage of the bill through that chamber easier.
To get its other spending privileges passed by both houses and into the president’s hands, the left may have to give up funding for illegal immigration camps on federal land in the bigger budget battle, which is unfolding slowly under new House Speaker Mike Johnson.
It’s a given that housing illegal aliens in national parks or other government sites with taxpayer money won’t be the most popular strategy with the American people.
They anticipate that funding for the National Park Service and related organizations will support wildlife and recreational opportunities for Americans to enjoy and discover, not short-term accommodation for undocumented immigrants drawn to the country by government policy.
The so-called “Statement of Administration Policy” may be strongly opposed to H.R. 5283, but if President Biden and the Democrats wind up reaching a compromise with the House GOP, don’t be shocked if he instead quietly signs something rather similar.
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