Immigrants are surging toward the U.S. border because they're hearing that President Donald Trump is serious about the issue of illegal immigration and they want to do "everything they can" to come across before it's too late, Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, said Monday.
"They're hearing that our border is open, they're hearing that we have a porous border, they know because they listen to the news also, they know that Democrats in Congress are not working with the president to secure the border," the Ohio Republican told Fox Business' "Mornings With Maria." "I believe this president is going to try and solve the problem."
Trump has tried to work with Congress, but Democrats need to come to the table to talk about real immigration reform, securing the border, and closing loopholes that allow immigrants to come into the United States where they become a "tremendous burden on the American taxpayers," Johnson added.
"It takes legislators, lawmakers sitting down together and recognizing that there's a real problem," he said. "You have to have your head buried in the sand to think that this is a manufactured crisis, it's a very real crisis on the southern border."
Also on Monday, Johnson said he is "disappointed" that Democrats have already said they will not do a budget this year.
"You know, the president's budget is a starting point but it's Congress' responsibility under the Constitution to produce a budget and the Democrats have already said they are not going to do one this year."
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