House Speaker Mike Johnson handed the Democrats a thumbs down on opening borders and stopping the deportation of illegal criminals.
In a word: GOOD.
They have taken hostage the funding processes of government so that they can impose their radical agenda on the American people.
The Senate Democrats have foisted upon this appropriations process their radical, crazy agenda. We call it crazy because that’s what it is. They want to reopen the borders, and they want to stop the deportation of dangerous criminal illegal aliens. We have to do these basic functions of government.”-House Speaker, Mike Johnson
On Friday, the Senate advanced a bill to fund much of DHS, except for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border Patrol. Democrats refused to fully fund DHS unless Republicans agree to new restrictions on federal immigration authorities.
The reason that we can’t accept this ridiculousness is because we’re not going to risk not funding the agencies that keep the American people safe.”-Mike Johnson
Hakeem Jeffries sounded off, too:
The only thing standing between ending this chaos or not are House Republicans. There’s a bipartisan bill that emerged from the Senate with uniform support, and it should be brought to the floor immediately so we can pay TSA agents, so we can end the chaos at airports across the country and stop inconveniencing millions of Americans.”-Hakeem Jeffries
On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to pay TSA agents despite Congress having not appropriated the funds for it.
Speaker Johnson is RIGHT — No half-measures!
We won't fund TSA lines for Americans while criminals get a free pass at the border.
Secure it ALL or shut it down.
America First means borders first. Hold the line! 🇺🇸
— Double C (@its_doublec) March 27, 2026
And some Senate Republicans actually agreed to fund all of the Department of Homeland Security — except ICE and Border Patrol — through the end of the fiscal year.
I am done with Senate Republicans. Looking at you, Thune…
Their failure to fully fund DHS is not just disappointing — it’s a disgrace. They refused to fund ICE units that target sex traffickers. They refused to fund Border Patrol agents.”-Rep. Mark Harris/em>
House Republicans need to stand firm and not waver. The Democrats will (and have been) calling the TSA lines in airports “Mike Johnson’s Shutdown”. They’ll continue to parrot this when, in reality, they are, once again, holding the American people hostage. The lines you see, the chaos you see, is their years-long temper tantrum against Trump. They want their open borders. They would much rather sacrifice the safety of the American people, and create a mess at the TSA lines right before they jet off for Easter recess. Mind you, it’s not just the Democrats who are fleeing for recess-it’s the Senate Republicans who are helping them.
I back the Speaker. What the Senate has done is appalling. Everything in ICE, tech, support all of it needs funding. @SenateGOP had the NERVE to throw their hands up and sneak to the airport for holiday. Shame on you.
— Andrea 🇺🇸 (@1AndreaConnolly) March 27, 2026
Sounds like Delta needs to extend their “wait in line like everyone else” rule to not only members of Congress, but also other Democrats and the Republican Senate, too.
Due to the impact on resources from the longstanding government shutdown, Delta will temporarily suspend specialty services to members of Congress flying Delta.Next to safety, Delta’s no. 1 priority is taking care of our people and customers, which has become increasingly difficult in the current environment.”-Delta Airlines
Thank you @SpeakerJohnson for standing up for WTP and @POTUS 🇺🇸the Senate should be ashamed of themselves. They should all have to come back from their vacation immediately to do their jobs.
— Christyne Campbell (@TXRealtorDallas) March 27, 2026
Glad Speaker Johnson spoke up for what it is worth.
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