With a slim House majority in the midterm elections, the GOP leader must solidify his ranks for the 218 votes he’ll need when the new Congress convenes.
He pointed to his opposition to Biden’s plans to end a pandemic-era program that allows for the speedy removal of immigrants in the name of public health.
In a ruling late last week, the Federal Labor Relations Authority determined that the country’s more than 500 immigration judges cannot belong to an employee union because they are akin to management.
The ban, put in place just a week after Trump took office in January 2017, sparked an international outcry from Muslim advocates and others who said it was rooted in religious bias.
A North Dakota construction company favored by President Donald Trump has received the largest contract to date to build a section of his signature wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.