LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Debate fact check: Josh Riley lied about open-border lawsuit

Posted 10/23/24

In an exchange on border security during their debate, D.C. lawyer Josh Riley lied about supporting “only one” open border lawsuit. In fact, he supported 32 lawsuits. Riley also said he …

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Debate fact check: Josh Riley lied about open-border lawsuit

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In an exchange on border security during their debate, D.C. lawyer Josh Riley lied about supporting “only one” open border lawsuit. In fact, he supported 32 lawsuits. Riley also said he was only working for Republicans, when in fact he supported Alejandro Mayorkas, who at the time was a former Obama homeland security official and would later become Biden’s secretary of homeland security.

In the lawsuits, Josh Riley called his legal argument “prosecutorial discretion”—arguing there are some border security laws on the books that can be ignored. Riley’s argument was then used by Mayorkas to open the border. In one case, Trump v. Hawaii, Riley even argued against the President’s ability to suspend the entry of non-citizens, if he determines it to be in the national interest—a broad classification that is currently being misused by the Biden-Harris Administration. 

“We exposed Josh Riley’s lies about his years of work to open America’s borders to the flood of illegal immigration—costing taxpayers billions and making America less safe.”

See the lawsuits at www.bit.ly/40tvMeT

Marc for US
Leeds, NY

Debate fact check, Josh Riley, open-border lawsuit

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