EXCLUSIVE: The White House says the continuing resolution proposed by House Republicans to continue funding the government would eliminate 800 border agents and officials and trigger “a windfall for drug cartels,' while urging lawmakers to pass a bipartisan budget deal that invests in national security.
Fox News Digital obtained a memo from White House deputy press secretary and senior communications adviser Andrew Bates titled:"Extreme House Republicans threaten to shut down the government unless their extreme agenda is followed."Bates starts the memo by referencing a series of sanctions the Biden Administration imposed against individuals and entities for their role in drug trafficking.
The White House says that the House GOP CR would include roughly an 8% cut for most non-defense spending across the government from current spending levels and that this would force certain cuts at the Department of Homeland Security that would adversely affect border security. Bates said Biden recently called for $4 billion in his supplemental funding request to address the"immediate needs" of the Department of Homeland Security to"safely and humanely manage the Southwest border.
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