House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Friday that Mexico told President Joe Biden they are against a certain border policy.
While appearing on Fox News’ America’s Newsroom, Johnson spoke about how he has repeatedly urged Biden to take executive action to secure the U.S.-Mexico border and how different policies, like Remain in Mexico, could potentially curb the flow of illegal migrants.
“If he would just do one executive order and reinstate Remain in Mexico, the border patrol, the people in charge, say it would reduce the flow by 70 percent,” Johnson said. “I told him that, I said, ‘why won’t you do it?’ He goes, “Mexico doesn’t want to do that.'”
Johnson went on to say that former President Donald Trump’s administration imposed the Remain in Mexico policy and questioned why it couldn’t be done again.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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