Senator Bill Hagerty speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on March 7, 2023. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Lawmakers voted the measure down, 51-47. All Democrats voted against the amendment, but no Republicans did.
The amendment was included in the Senate’s late-night vote Friday to avoid a government shutdown. The House passed the $1.2 trillion government funding bill earlier Friday, before making its way to the Senate, where lawmakers were in a standoff on whether to vote on amendments to the bill.
Sen. Bill Hagerty waves during the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas on Nov. 18, 2022. (Ronda Churchill/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Hagerty’s tweet detailing how each Democrat voted against his amendment has racked up more than 30 million views as of Sunday, with critics of the Democratic lawmakers’ votes yielding condemnation online.
"This is insane!" tech billionaire Elon Musk tweeted.
"We're witnessing in real time the planned and controlled destruction of this country," former University of Kentucky swimmer and activist Riley Gaines tweeted in response.
Hagerty responded to Musk's tweet, arguing Democrats "are trying to hide" his legislation.
"That’s why Chuck Schumer scheduled this vote in the middle of the night (on Friday). He did the same 2 weeks ago on my vote to stop illegals from being counted in the census. They are trying to hide it," he posted on X Sunday morning.
At least 7.2 million illegal immigrants have entered the U.S. under the Biden administration, which is greater than the population of 36 individual states, Fox News Digital reported earlier this year.
A report published by the Center for Immigration Studies, a nonpartisan think tank, found the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has allowed "secret flights" to transport illegal aliens from Latin America to communities across the U.S.
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Roughly 320,000 migrants were flown to 43 different American airports from January through December 2023, according to the report.
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