Lankford cites 'election year' for waning GOP support on border bill: 'Not about letting 5000 people in a day'
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Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., on Sunday explained why he is moving forward on border bill negotiations despite Republican concern of handing President Biden an election year win.
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"The challenge that Sen. Cruz has and a bunch of other folks is they're still waiting to be able to read the bill on this. And this has been our great challenge of being able to fight through the final words, to be able to get the bill text out so people can hear it. Right now there's internet rumors is all that people are running on. It would be absolutely absurd for me to agree to 5,000 people a day," Lankford told "Fox News Sunday" host Shannon Bream. "This bill focuses on getting us to zero illegal crossings a day. There's no amnesty."
Lankford argued the bill increases the number of Border Patrol agents, increases asylum officers, and increases detention beds "so we can quickly detain and then deport individuals."
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