Republicans have been happy to strengthen that authority. What we were looking for in the Republican conference, and this was the breach of McConnell's leadership, is all We were looking for an enforcement mechanism to force Biden to use the authority he had [to secure the border]. Again, we just strengthened it, but we weren't looking for an immigration bill. We certainly looking to codify four or five thousand people a day and weaken a presidential authority. (06:00–06:11)
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