Joe Duhownik
PHOENIX (CN) — Arizona Representative Steve Montenegro garnered bipartisan support Thursday for two pieces of legislation addressing issues at the U.S.-Mexico border.
After U.S. Border Patrol Agents made more arrests along the border in December than any previous month, the Republican from Goodyear proposed House Concurrent Resolution 2038, declaring cartels terrorist groups and deman
The measure left authors of the bill asking how Republicans could sink legislation their own leadership had negotiated and signed off on earlier this week.
Senate Republicans completed their about-face on a bipartisan border security bill Wednesday, voting down a procedural motion that would have allowed the upper chamber to begin debate on the measure.
Gov. Greg Gianforte said Montana would continue to send resources to the southern border at an event Sunday in Texas alongside 14 other Republican governors.
A family of four perished in a blizzard on this border nearly two years ago. Amid an increase in crossings, authorities on both sides of the international boundary fear it could happen again.
Issues related to national security and the crisis in Israel remain top of mind for Montana's two senators, who agree in their support for Israel and the need to strengthen the southern border.
House Speaker McCarthy and a handful of Republican freshmen traveled to the Mexico border where they blamed the Biden administration for the fentanyl crisis.