Gov. Greg Gianforte speaks at a press conference at the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas on Sunday. (Photo courtesy of the Governor’s Office)
Gov. Greg Gianforte said Montana would continue to send resources — referring to National Guard troops — to the southern border at an event Sunday in Texas alongside 14 other Republican governors.
Meanwhile, Montana’s U.S. senators said Monday they are split on how they’ll vote for a new immigration bill worked out between the White House and Senate, with Democratic Sen. Jon Tester critiquing the “irony” from those opposed to the bill, including Republican Sen. Steve Daines, and Daines criticizing President Joe Biden.
In a press call Monday, Tester said he found it ironic the politicians “blindly” opposing this bill in an election year “are the very same ones who said loudly for years that we need policy changes to secure the border.”
In a statement, however, Daines said President Biden could have resolved the border crisis on the first day of his presidency, but didn’t, “and the disastrous results speak for themselves.”