Senators propose using illegal immigrant tax subsidies to finish border wall

A group of Republican senators joined together to sponsor a bill that would not only eliminate tax subsidies to illegal immigrants, but would also seek to use those funds to complete the border wall.

South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds, one of the bill's sponsors, explained that this would be a long-term solution not only to strengthen the borders but also solve the current border crisis.

"Our immigration system has been broken for years, but the Biden administration's policies have created a crisis at our southern border," he opined.

Rounds, is one of seven senators sponsoring the bill, the other six being Katie Britt (R-Ala.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), James Risch (R-Idaho) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.).

"We need to seal and secure the border – at ports of entry and between them – through a combination of physical infrastructure, technology, equipment, and personnel," Britt commented during a press release.

This is part of a four-package bill that seeks to put an end to the crisis at the southern border. In fact, among the proposals is another bill that seeks to keep communities safer by eliminating the policy that releases detainees in six months if no country accepts their deportation.

Another effort to finish the wall

Earlier this year, another group of House Republicans also proposed using United Nations funds to complete the border wall that would divide Mexico and the United States.

The reason they would use the money that was intended for the U.N. is because some reports have revealed that the international organization finances groups in Mexico that help migrants cross into the United States.

"If the U.N. insists on using its funds to destabilize the integrity of our borders, it's only reasonable that we use our share of U.N. contributions for our own border security," said NumbersUSA's Director of Government Relations Rosemary Jenks.