By Anna Giaritelli – Washington Examiner
Lankford, one of three co-authors who spent months in late 2023 drafting a bipartisan border bill that ultimately failed to make it through the Senate, said legal challenges in court are part of the reason that Republicans in Congress ought to be thinking now about legislation, during an interview with the Washington Examiner.
“There will be a need for some legislation,” Lankford told the Washington Examiner during a phone call. “Right now, there’s not a need for it. I think once the court makes some rulings, then we’ll see what authorities are still needed to be able to make clear so that no one has to question again the power of the president to be able to protect the nation.
Lankford said regardless of how the courts rule in the more than 50 immigration-related lawsuits that plaintiffs have brought against the Trump administration since Jan. 20, concrete plans will need to be put into place to ensure the border does not see the millions of illegal crossings that it did under President Joe Biden.
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