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Speaker Mike Johnson declares Senate border bill is a 'non-starter' for the House: 'More harm than good'

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson reiterated his opposition to the Senate’s recent bipartisan $118 billion border security and foreign aid package on Monday.

Johnson spoke on “The Ingraham Angle” about the impact the package would have on immigration, arguing that it remains a “non-starter” in the House.

“What it would do is actually further incentivize illegal immigration,” Johnson told Fox News host Laura Ingraham. “It would not resolve any of the problems, not reform in any meaningful way the broken asylum system, the broken parole process and all the things that have created this catastrophe. And, by the way, meanwhile, it further empowers the very Cabinet Secretary who designed and created this mess. They don’t follow federal law. Why would we do this anyway? But the bill itself would actually do more harm than good and that’s why we have said it’s a non-starter over here in the House.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., criticized the Senate’s bipartisan $118 billion border security and foreign aid package after the text of the agreement was released. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Fox News’ Adam Shaw contributed to this report.

Lindsay Kornick is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter: @lmkornick.

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