McConnell blasts ‘Big Business’ for backing amnesty

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that the Biden administration is bungling the border “crisis,” but he also took aim at  “a certain cross-section of Big Business” which he said has jumped on board a push for amnesty for current illegal immigrants.

It was a striking shot across the bow for Mr. McConnell, who major corporations usually view as a key ally in Congress.

The Kentucky Republican said the Biden administration’s moves to dump Trump border and migration policies have spurred the new surge of illegal immigrants rushing north, and he disputed President Biden’s insistence that there is no crisis.

“Well if this isn’t a crisis, with unaccompanied kids pouring in and exceeding capacity amid a pandemic, then I’d sure hate to see one,” he said.

He said erasing the Trump policies is only part of the current immigration situation, and pointed to Mr. Biden’s proposal to offer a chance at citizenship to 11 million illegal immigrants already here.

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