Scalise details Trump's vision on securing border in first 100 days

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., suggested erstwhile President Donald Trump will move quickly to tighten laws against illegal immigration if he wins nan White House.

The No. 2 House Republican leader told Fox News Digital that he met pinch Trump immoderate 8 months agone astatine Mar-a-Lago, wherever nan 2 discussed priorities for nan first 100 days of a caller management – provided nan GOP sweeps Congress and nan White House. 

Among nan priorities, successful summation to economical and power initiatives, is nan business astatine nan U.S.-Mexico border.

"President Trump tin do a number of things connected his ain that he has talked about," Scalise said Friday.

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House Majority Leader Scalise, apical inset, said pinch Fox News Digital astir what nan first 100 days would look for illustration pinch a GOP Congress and White House. (Getty Images)

He said Trump would apt reinstate his Migrant Protection Protocols, amended known arsenic nan "Remain successful Mexico" policy, which forced asylum-seekers to hold connected nan Mexican broadside of nan U.S. southwestern separator while their cases were being adjudicated. Multiple quality authorities groups person criticized nan argumentation arsenic inhumane, and nan Biden management dropped it successful 2021.

Scalise besides expects Trump to cease each "catch-and-release" policies astatine nan border.

"We cognize that it's causing crime problems successful each community, supplier problems, nan fentanyl that nan supplier cartels are bringing in," Scalise said.

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A Republican-majority Congress would support Trump’s crackdown, he said, noting Capitol Hill’s domiciled successful backing national projects and programs.

"Things for illustration building much wall – that's thing we worked pinch President Trump to do. We built complete 500 miles of wall. Joe Biden ended that connected time one," Scalise said.

"We besides want to money immoderate much devices for our Border Patrol agents, things for illustration drone capabilities, nighttime vision, truthful that they tin do an moreover amended occupation of managing nan border."

Republicans would besides rotation backmost electrical conveyance mandates, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise suggested. (Eric Thayer)

Other first 100-day priorities see rolling backmost electrical conveyance mandates and mounting caller taxation argumentation – pinch cardinal provisions successful Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act group to expire successful 2025.

However, nan Louisiana Republican was observant not to over-project assurance successful nan closing days of nan election. He noted that nan House mostly would apt travel down to 40 to 45 cardinal races retired of 435 and that a GOP mostly would apt beryllium a slim 4 to 10 seats.

"These aren't nan days wherever you tin person a 30-seat mostly anymore because of redistricting and nan measurement it's really narrowed nan map," he said. "But astatine nan aforesaid time, I mean, coming we person a four-seat majority. We had really dropped down to a one-seat mostly earlier this year. So, you know, if we're capable to get it up adjacent to double digits, that would really beryllium a awesome nighttime for us."

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Scalise himself has put successful hundreds of miles connected nan roadworthy successful support of Republican candidates.

He raised $70 cardinal this predetermination cycle, pinch $15 cardinal fixed to nan House GOP run limb and $10.4 cardinal to 206 individual candidates and incumbents.

Scalise’s governmental squad said he has visited astatine slightest 140 different districts to run for nan 2024 cycle.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise has campaigned pinch some susceptible Republicans, for illustration Rep. Jen Kiggans, and those successful safe seats. (Scalise For Congress)

In October alone, nan period earlier Election Day, Scalise held 66 events crossed 28 states.

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Should Democrats triumph nan House majority, however, Scalise – nan longest-serving personnel of House GOP activity – insisted he had nary liking in challenging House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., arsenic nan apical House Republican.

When asked if he would entertain a bid for number leader against Johnson if colleagues asked him to, Scalise firmly answered, "No."

"We're not talking astir what happens if we suffer nan majority, because each of my attraction is connected not only winning nan majority, but gaining seats. And anybody who's reasoning astir losing aliases thing for illustration that is conscionable misplaced successful their focus," he said.