Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has made a surprise visit to the Southern Border to assess the crisis of illegal aliens flooding into the country.
During a visit to the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego alongside Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Johnson warns that Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris is to blame for the national border crisis.
Additionally, Johnson called for Congress to pass new legislation to safeguard elections from non-citizen voting as illegal aliens continue to flood the open border.
San Diego has been a hot spot for unlawful crossings in recent months.
Tens of thousands of foreign nationals have illegally crossed the border into California this year alone.
In a statement to the media, Johnson said:
“This has become in many ways the epicenter of the Biden-Harris border catastrophe, and now we’re very concerned in Congress that this illegal immigrant invasion is threatening even the integrity of our elections.”
He added that the “catastrophe” at the border had been “engineered” by the Biden-Harris administration.
The speaker continued by warning:
“Border czar and San Francisco radical Kamala Harris bears the responsibility for this disaster.”
“And now we’ve all seen on our television screens, there’s yet another caravan of immigrants heading to the border to get in here,” Johnson added.
“And of course, they want to come in before the election because they believe there may be a good chance that President Trump wins that election.
“I certainly believe that and this won’t be tolerated any longer.”
Johnson also discussed the SAVE Act, legislation that would require individuals to show proof of citizenship to register to vote in elections for federal office.
“Kamala Harris and 198 House Democrats want to allow illegal aliens to decide American elections, and right now every non-citizen can do that, and there’s no real impediment except the honor system,” he said.
“We don’t believe that is going to work.”
While the Republican-controlled House passed the SAVE Act earlier this month, the Democrat-controlled Senate has not taken it up.
The White House also voiced opposition to the legislation.
Johnson was joined by National Border Patrol Council Executive Vice President John Anfinsen.
Anfinsen said that the situation at the border was not improving.
“Instead of crossing illegally between the ports, asylum seekers, many of whom are only seeking to abuse the system, are now primarily showing up at ports of entry and airports,” he said.
Anfinsen said that U.S. customs officers had encountered more people trying to “claim asylum” in June than Border Patrol had.
The vice president has come under intense scrutiny for her record following President Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 race.
Harris has now been selected by the Democrat elite to replace Biden in the presidential election.
However, the media has been busy scrambling to hide Harris’s far-left track record as Democrats aim to rebrand the VP ahead of the critical November election.
Much of the criticism has focused on her handling of the border crisis.
Biden gave her that responsibility when he declared Harris his “border czar.”
The crisis has only deepened since then.
