Southwest Montana News

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) released a statement today in response to President Biden's new executive order allowing a minimum of 1.8 million illegal immigrants to enter the country annually. Rosendale criticized the order, claiming it fails to address the ongoing border crisis.

“It is no surprise that after Biden’s election interference attempt last week backfired in the form of over $50 million in donations to his opponent, he is now scrambling,” said Rep. Rosendale. “This do-nothing executive order is pure showmanship that will do nothing to deport illegals, stop the eyesore that is the CBP One app, or detain those who continue to walk across our border daily. If he actually wanted to secure the border, he’d reimplement Remain in Mexico and return to the secure border policies of the Trump administration.”

Since President Biden took office, there have been over 9.5 million illegal alien encounters nationwide and over 7.8 million at the Southern Border specifically. Additionally, there have been 1.8 million known "gotaways" who evaded U.S. Border Patrol—more than in the previous decade combined—and approximately 200,000 deportation cases dismissed by immigration judges due to DHS not filing required notices on time.

To address these issues this Congress, Rep. Rosendale has:

- Introduced five bills aimed at addressing the crisis and reinstating rule-of-law at the southern border.

- Reintroduced the Secure America’s Borders First Act in 2023, which mandates wall construction and operational border control before additional taxpayer funds can be allocated elsewhere.

- Voted for H.R. 2, also known as the Secure the Border Act.

- Joined 34 colleagues on a resolution calling for DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' impeachment for alleged dereliction of duty.

- Co-sponsored the State Border Defense Act allowing states more autonomy in enforcing immigration laws.