Extreme Republicans have threatened to crash our economy by refusing to let the government pay our bills unless we agree to painful cuts to critical social safety net programs like Medicare and Social Security.
But those aren't the only threats they made about the debt ceiling. Republican Congressman Chip Roy is now threatening to cause a debt ceiling disaster unless Democrats agree to push his xenophobic border plan through the House.
Some extreme Republicans have long since pushed dehumanizing and dangerous rhetoric about immigrants and are using the debt ceiling as a prop to force such a harmful bill.
The legislation will even go as far as denying migrants asylum, a foundational principle in our country's humanitarian aid efforts.
We cannot allow the House GOP to hold our economy hostage and punish individuals seeking legal entry to the United States to better their lives.