"Bipartisan Tensions Escalate as Officials Clash Over Border Policies and Migrant Surge"

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, alongside 60 other House Republican lawmakers, visited the Texas-Mexico border to demand that President Biden strengthen immigration enforcement as a condition for Republican support of a $110 billion security funding bill for Ukraine and Israel. Johnson emphasized the need for a secure border and the reinstatement of the "remain in Mexico" policy. The visit comes amid increasing migrant encounters and Texas Governor Greg Abbott's heightened border security measures, including the deployment of concertina wire and state law enforcement.