The Biden administration has stated that if Congress enacts a new law giving it the authority, the legal authority to continue expulsions because of the press of the numbers coming across the border right now, they'll do it on day one. But even after Senator James Lankford, a very conservative Republican in the Senate, cobbled together with the administration's help and support and cooperation, cobbled together a compromise bill to give the administration legal authority to do expulsions. that hasn't come up. The speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, has said that it's dead on arrival. It's obvious that they're not looking for a solution. (02:04–02:25)
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Asserts that Senator James Lankford created a compromise bill with the administration to grant legal authority for expulsions.
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