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Welcome to The Truth with Lisa Booth, where we get to the heart of the issues that matter to you.

Today, we're tackling the border crisis head on, the political games, the funding fights, voter integrity battles, and how illegal immigration fuels Democrat power.

We've got R.J. Howman, president of the National Immigration Center for Enforcement, also Mike

Howe, who's on the board of that, and he is also the head of the Oversight Project.

We're going to dive into all of it.

Republicans push for standalone DHS funding, why they did that.

Did they hand Democrats leverage on that?

Also, even though the one big, beautiful bill does fund ICE and Border Patrol, they don't have unlimited funds. So we're going to talk about why it is important that they also receive funding in this funding fight as well. We'll discuss the SAVE Act and so much more. So stay tuned for RJ HowJ. Howlman and Mike Howell.

Well, RJ, Mike, it's great to have you both on. And looking forward to working with you guys on with Nice.

So obviously, a big task in front of us on all this issue is a lot going on right now. I wanted to start with the funding fight and this shutdown with DHS funding.

RJ, let's start with you.

Why did Republicans choose to move DHS funding as a standalone measure rather than include it in the larger omnibus.

Yeah.

Now, again, you know, Republicans have, it's finally, they're finally, I mean, again, taking

a stand when it comes to these spending bills.

I mean, we've seen, you know, DHS has been caught almost on, you know, continuing resolution autopilot for, I mean, countless fiscal years where, you know, Dems kind of get a victory every time of keeping, you know, the money locked at a certain level.

And, you know, what kind of, you know, troubled, I think, us and I don't entirely speaking for Biden, but I I'm sure he agrees here too, is what Republicans

tried to do out the gate before reconciliation happened, the one big beautiful bill that gave

over, you know, $100 billion to ICE and CBP to secure the border and due mass deportations.

You know, ICE was chugging along on, you know, money that had dried up, basically, a low funding level,

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