Ex-DHS officials back Johnson’s aggressive border stance in funding fight, say GOP must have ‘clear resolve'

Former Homeland Security officials are offering their support for Speaker Mike Johnson's stance on border security amid a fight over a supplemental spending agreement in Washington.

"While the Biden administration and Left-wing lawmakers continue to purposefully drive chaos and carnage at our southern border, House conservatives have taken critical steps to end it, notably through passage of H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act—which continues to collect dust in the Senate," they say.  Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.

He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or on Twitter.

Homan and Morgan are visiting fellows at the Heritage Foundation, while Ries is the director of the organization’s Border Security and Immigration Center. They are part of a coalition that has said that H.R. 2 must be part of any supplemental spending deal currently being negotiated in Congress.