Negotiators release $118 billion border bill as GOP leaders call it dead in the House
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Negotiators release $118 billion border bill as GOP leaders call it dead in the House

NPR  

Negotiators release $118 billion border bill as GOP leaders call it dead in the House Enlarge this image toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Samuel Corum/Getty Images Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Samuel Corum/Getty Images After months of negotiations, a trio of Senate negotiators unveiled a $118 billion bipartisan agreement to overhaul some key Biden administration immigration policies. Politics If the border deal gets through Senate Republicans, it could still fail in the House If the border deal gets through Senate Republicans, it could still fail in the House Listen · 3:42 3:42 Schumer said Sunday that he plans to move the bill this week, with a key vote on Wednesday. The proposal directs the president to shut down the border in moments of high migrant traffic Sinema characterized the bill as ending "catch and release" policies. Politics Despite pressure from Trump, Senate border negotiations forge ahead Despite pressure from Trump, Senate border negotiations forge ahead Listen · 3:39 3:39 Sinema told reporters on a call Sunday that the new provisions would have shut down the border every single day this year.

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Republicans sink fresh bid to beef up U.S. border security
7 months ago

Republicans sink fresh bid to beef up U.S. border security

Raw Story  

The U.S. Senate on Thursday rejected sweeping immigration reforms for the second time this year as Republicans again blocked what would have been the toughest border security package in decades, dismissing it as a Democratic "gimmick." Biden said in a statement Republicans had put partisan politics ahead of the country to reject "the toughest border enforcement in history," while Homeland …

Bipartisan border security bill fails again after Republicans shoot down measure on key election issue
7 months ago

Bipartisan border security bill fails again after Republicans shoot down measure on key election issue

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A bipartisan piece of immigration and border security legislation died …

Opinion: Playing ball on border bill comes back to bite Democrats
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Playing ball on border bill comes back to bite Democrats

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Danielle Campoamor is a freelance writer formerly of TODAY and NBC. Trump has continuously lambasted the legislation, claiming on his makeshift social media platform Truth Social that “only a fool, or a Radical Left Democrat, would vote for this horrendous Border Bill.” His sycophantic followers in the House and the Senate have, of course, followed suit, with Republicans …

Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package, scuttling deal they had demanded from Democrats
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package, scuttling deal they had demanded from Democrats

LA Times  

Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan border package Wednesday, scuttling months of negotiations with Democrats on legislation intended to cut back record numbers of illegal border crossings. Forcing the showdown with Republicans, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said earlier that he would try to salvage the wartime funding, and would next push ahead on a crucial test vote for tens …

Senate GOP blocks border bill, Democrats shift focus to Israel and Ukraine aid
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Senate GOP blocks border bill, Democrats shift focus to Israel and Ukraine aid

NPR  

Senate GOP blocks border bill, Democrats shift focus to Israel and Ukraine aid Enlarge this image toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP J. Scott Applewhite/AP Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he will move to a "Plan B" to move aid to Ukraine and Israel following the failure of a vote to start debate on a bipartisan border security package. Sponsor …

Mitch McConnell admits $118billion border bill is DEAD just two days after a deal was reached: Defeated Republican leader facing calls to resign admits 'we have no chance to make a law' in farcical sc
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Mitch McConnell admits $118billion border bill is DEAD just two days after a deal was reached: Defeated Republican leader facing calls to resign admits 'we have no chance to make a law' in farcical sc

Daily Mail  

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is now facing calls to resign and the GOP is in disarray after the House leadership and multiple senators vowed to never vote for the $118 billion border package. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is facing much of the fury from Republicans opposing the border and foreign aid package Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell declared …

What is US Senate Border Security Bill? Donald Trump warns ‘this is a death wish’ for GOP
10 months, 2 weeks ago

What is US Senate Border Security Bill? Donald Trump warns ‘this is a death wish’ for GOP

Hindustan Times  

A $118 billion bill introduced by the Democrats in the US Senate would strengthen border security and provide Israel and Ukraine assistance amidst the ongoing wars. Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump He added that the bill would be “dead on arrival” if it ever did make it to the floor of the House. Taking to X, …

How the Republican support for the border bill evaporated
10 months, 2 weeks ago

How the Republican support for the border bill evaporated

NPR  

How the Republican support for the border bill evaporated A record number of migrants are arriving at the U.S. southern border. Republicans in the House failed to pass articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, moments before failing to pass standalone aid for Israel - all that after Senate Republicans, under pressure from GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, …

Republicans line up to sink Senate border bill negotiated by one of their own
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Republicans line up to sink Senate border bill negotiated by one of their own

CNN  

Republican opposition continued to grow Tuesday against a $118 billion bipartisan border deal and foreign aid package ahead of a key vote in the Senate. Trump, who is hoping to make immigration a key plank of his presidential campaign, has suggested on Truth Social that approving additional resources for the border would make Republicans “look bad.” Offering a blunt assessment …

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema outlines border deal negotiations
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema outlines border deal negotiations

NPR  

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema outlines border deal negotiations SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: It appears that any hope of Congress passing a border security deal is fading. You know, four months ago, when my Republican colleagues demanded that border security be included in a national security supplemental package, I stood up and joined them and said, yes, I agree. And, you know, something …

Senate Republicans resist advancing on border policy bill, leaving aid for Ukraine in doubt
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Senate Republicans resist advancing on border policy bill, leaving aid for Ukraine in doubt

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Facing a torrent of criticism from conservatives, Senate Republicans on Monday resisted advancing on a bipartisan proposal intended to clamp down on illegal border crossings, signaling a likely defeat in Congress that would leave leaders with no clear path to approve wartime aid for Ukraine. And this sort of is a shifting of the worst border in history …

Border bill supporters combat misleading claims that it would let in more migrants
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Border bill supporters combat misleading claims that it would let in more migrants

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — It’s one of the most hard-fought provisions in the bipartisan border security package, and one that Democrats had to be persuaded to include: a new authority for the U.S. government to block migrants from entering the country. Lankford has repeatedly emphasized that the emergency authority “is not designed to let 5,000 people in, it is designed to close …

Opposition to the Senate border bill jeopardizes help for Afghans who aided U.S. troops
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Opposition to the Senate border bill jeopardizes help for Afghans who aided U.S. troops

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The massive $118 billion Senate border bill not only contains once-in-a-decade border security legislation and wartime aid to Israel and Ukraine, but also offers a chance for the U.S. to keep its promise to Afghans who worked alongside U.S. soldiers in America’s longest war. A small group of bipartisan lawmakers and advocacy groups have worked for nearly three …

'Let's clear it up': Scalise's falsehoods about Senate bill dismantled by NBC reporter
10 months, 2 weeks ago

'Let's clear it up': Scalise's falsehoods about Senate bill dismantled by NBC reporter

Raw Story  

Reacting to House Republicans immediately shooting down any chance they'll consider a 370-page bipartisan Senate border bill within minutes after it was made available to them, NBC's Julie Tsirikin took House Majority Leader Steve Scalise to task for making assertions on social media that she politely called a "misconstruing" of the facts. On X, Scalise complained about the bill that …

'Death Wish for The Republican Party': Trump rants against border deal
10 months, 2 weeks ago

'Death Wish for The Republican Party': Trump rants against border deal

Raw Story  

Donald Trump made it abundantly clear that he opposed the Senate's bipartisan border bill that Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer remains optimistic will pass. Speaker Mike Johnson said the bill would be "dead on arrival" if it reaches the House, and Trump ratcheted up the pressure on Republican lawmakers to stop the bill from passing in a Monday morning post …

Fresh U.S. Senate border-Ukraine bill faces Republican buzzsaw
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Fresh U.S. Senate border-Ukraine bill faces Republican buzzsaw

Raw Story  

U.S. senators on Sunday released the text of a much-anticipated deal that would unlock billions in new aid for Ukraine and Israel while tightening US border laws, but the top House Republican quickly vowed to shoot it down. Most significantly, it would give President Joe Biden the power to reject asylum seekers if illegal border crossings reached over 5,000 per …

US Senate introduces $118 billion border security bill
10 months, 2 weeks ago

US Senate introduces $118 billion border security bill

Live Mint  

The US Senate on Sunday unveiled a $118 billion bipartisan border security bill that would also provide aid to Ukraine and Israel following months of negotiations, but the measure faces an uncertain future amid opposition by Donald Trump and hardline Republicans. Independent US Senator Kyrsten Sinema told reporters the legislation would secure the US southern border, including by requiring the …

US Senate unveils $118bn deal on border, aid for Israel and Ukraine
10 months, 2 weeks ago

US Senate unveils $118bn deal on border, aid for Israel and Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

President Joe Biden urges Congress to swiftly pass bill after months of wrangling over immigration and support for Kyiv. The United States Senate has unveiled a $118bn bipartisan deal that would boost border security and provide wartime aid for Israel and Ukraine. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he would aim to hold a vote on the bill on …

US Senate border security bill: What you need to know
10 months, 2 weeks ago

US Senate border security bill: What you need to know

Al Jazeera  

Democratic leaders in the US Senate have unveiled a $118bn bill that would boost border security and provide wartime aid for Israel and Ukraine. Some provisions of the proposed bill aim “to make border security tighter, to make immigration checks much stricter,” reported Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher, from Washington DC. As the lead Democrat negotiator proclaimed: Under this legislation, “the …

Why The Border Deal Happened: Republicans Held Europe For Ransom
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Why The Border Deal Happened: Republicans Held Europe For Ransom

Politico  

“He was trying to draw parallels with Republican ideology,” recalled Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado, who helped convene the meeting. Even more resonant was Rasmussen’s scathing criticism of the Biden administration’s pullout from Afghanistan — a costly error, he said, that emboldened the enemies of democracy and invited the invasion of Ukraine. It has been apparent for a while that …

Senate releases $118 BILLION border bill: Law that would shut border if there are 5,000 crossings a day and clamp down on asylum applications sparks fury from Republicans and Donald Trump for being 'W
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Senate releases $118 BILLION border bill: Law that would shut border if there are 5,000 crossings a day and clamp down on asylum applications sparks fury from Republicans and Donald Trump for being 'W

Daily Mail  

A bipartisan group of senators finally released the text of a sprawling immigration and security supplemental deal, but Republican intra-party warfare is likely to tank its passage. Speaker Johnson announced Saturday that the House separately will be bringing a 'clean, standalone' $17 billion Israel aide to the floor next week President Biden said 'I strongly support it' in a statement …

Senators release a border and Ukraine deal but the House speaker declares it ‘dead on arrival’
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Senators release a border and Ukraine deal but the House speaker declares it ‘dead on arrival’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senators on Sunday released a highly anticipated $118 billion package that pairs border enforcement policy with wartime aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, but it quickly ran into a wall of opposition from top House Republicans, including Speaker Mike Johnson. Biden said in a statement that the Senate proposal “allows the United States to continue our …

Senators reach a deal on border policy bill. Now it faces an uphill fight to passage
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Senators reach a deal on border policy bill. Now it faces an uphill fight to passage

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senate negotiators on Friday reached a deal on a proposal to overhaul the asylum system at the U.S. border with Mexico, clearing the way for Democratic and Republican Senate leaders to begin the difficult task of convincing Congress to pass a national security package that will include tens of billions of dollars for Ukraine and immigration enforcement, as …

Biden offers fresh assurances he would shut down border ‘right now’ if Congress sends him a deal
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden offers fresh assurances he would shut down border ‘right now’ if Congress sends him a deal

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, South Carolina — Bidding to salvage a border deal in Congress that also would unlock money for Ukraine, President Joe Biden offered fresh assurances Saturday night that he would be willing to close the U.S.-Mexico border if lawmakers would only send him a bill to sign. Biden — also eager to disarm GOP criticism of his handling of migration …

Joe Biden: I’d shut Mexican border ‘right now’ if Congress let me
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Joe Biden: I’d shut Mexican border ‘right now’ if Congress let me

The Telegraph  

Joe Biden has said he would close the US-Mexico border “right now” if Congress handed him the power by passing a sweeping immigration bill. Mr Biden’s plans, unveiled on Friday, would give the Department of Homeland Security the power to close the border if illegal crossings surpassed 4,000 in a day and order it to do so if the figure …

Joe Biden claims border proposal will give him new emergency authority: ‘Toughest and hardest reform’
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Joe Biden claims border proposal will give him new emergency authority: ‘Toughest and hardest reform’

Hindustan Times  

On Friday, President Joe Biden made a strong appeal to lawmakers to advance a controversial plan to deal with the unprecedented surge of illegal border crossings amid the US-Texas govt. He said it was the “toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border we’ve ever had in our country.” Joe Biden urges lawmakers to back his $61.4 billion …

Biden urges Congress to embrace border bill. But House speaker suggests it may be ‘dead on arrival’
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Biden urges Congress to embrace border bill. But House speaker suggests it may be ‘dead on arrival’

LA Times  

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson suggested the compromise on border and immigration policy could be “dead on arrival” in his chamber. President Biden has pressed Congress to embrace a bipartisan Senate deal to pair border enforcement measures with Ukraine aid, but House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested the compromise could be “dead on arrival” in his chamber. “For everyone who …

Biden urges Congress to embrace border bill. But House speaker suggests it may be ‘dead on arrival’
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Biden urges Congress to embrace border bill. But House speaker suggests it may be ‘dead on arrival’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday pressed Congress to embrace a bipartisan Senate deal to pair border enforcement measures with Ukraine aid, but House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested the compromise on border and immigration policy could be “dead on arrival” in his chamber. Senate Republicans had initially insisted that border policy changes be included in Biden’s $110 billion emergency …

Biden brings congressional leaders to White House at pivotal time for Ukraine aid and US border deal
11 months, 1 week ago

Biden brings congressional leaders to White House at pivotal time for Ukraine aid and US border deal

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden hosted top congressional leaders at the White House to underscore Ukraine’s security needs as it continues to fight Russia’s nearly two-year-old invasion, hoping to add momentum to efforts to pass $110 billion in stalled aid to Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies. Speaker Mike Johnson, in one of his few direct encounters with the president, …

A deal on U.S. border policy is closer than it seems. Here’s how it is shaping up and what’s at stake
1 year ago

A deal on U.S. border policy is closer than it seems. Here’s how it is shaping up and what’s at stake

LA Times  

A migrant walks along a road shadowed by the steel columns of the border wall separating Arizona and Mexico after crossing into the United States near Lukeville, Ariz. Amid grueling negotiations, the contours of a bipartisan border security and immigration deal are beginning to take shape, emerging even as Congress leaves town having failed to publicly unveil any details of …

Senate border security talks grind on as Trump invokes Nazi-era ‘blood’ rhetoric against immigrants
1 year ago

Senate border security talks grind on as Trump invokes Nazi-era ‘blood’ rhetoric against immigrants

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Time slipping, White House and Senate negotiators struggled Sunday to reach a U.S. border security deal that would unlock President Joe Biden’s request for billions of dollars worth of military aid for Ukraine and other national security needs before senators leave town for the holiday recess. “They’re poisoning the blood of our country,” Trump said about the record …

Congress departs without a deal on Ukraine aid and border security, but Senate will work next week
1 year ago

Congress departs without a deal on Ukraine aid and border security, but Senate will work next week

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Congress was departing Washington on Thursday without a deal to pass wartime support for Ukraine, but Senate negotiators and President Joe Biden’s administration were still racing to wrap up a border security compromise to unlock the stalemate before the end of the year. Top administration officials, including White House chief of staff Jeff Zients and Biden’s legislative affairs …

House Speaker Johnson is insisting on sweeping border security changes in a deal for Ukraine aid
1 year ago

House Speaker Johnson is insisting on sweeping border security changes in a deal for Ukraine aid

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson told fellow Republicans on Tuesday that sweeping changes to U.S. border policy would be their “hill to die on” in negotiations that have already grown tense as Congress considers President Joe Biden’s $110 billion package for the wars in Ukraine and Israel and other security needs. Before Wednesday’s test vote, Schumer made Republicans what …

Biden is dangling border security money to try to get billions more for Israel and Ukraine
1 year, 2 months ago

Biden is dangling border security money to try to get billions more for Israel and Ukraine

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is trying to sweeten his pitch for more money for Ukraine by mixing in billions of dollars for securing the U.S.-Mexico border in the hope that it will bring more Republicans on board. “That’s a real effort and acknowledgement of the backlog that exists,” said Colleen Putzel, an associate policy analyst at the Migration Policy …

House Republicans pass new asylum restrictions as Title 42 ends; Biden promises veto
1 year, 7 months ago

House Republicans pass new asylum restrictions as Title 42 ends; Biden promises veto

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Republicans passed a sweeping bill Thursday to build more U.S.-Mexico border wall and impose new restrictions on asylum seekers, creating a hard-line counter to President Joe Biden’s policies just as migrants are amassing along the border with the end of coronavirus pandemic restrictions. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called the package “the strongest border security bill this country …

White House Issues Veto Threat For Border Bill As Pandemic Deportation Tool Expires
1 year, 7 months ago

White House Issues Veto Threat For Border Bill As Pandemic Deportation Tool Expires

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The White House is threatening to veto a top-priority bill from House Republicans to crack down on illegal immigration at the Mexican border as the administration’s use of a pandemic-era tool to expel most migrants comes to an end. “This bill would make things worse, not better,” President Joe Biden’s Office of Management and Budget …

House GOP seeks to restart momentum on border security package but familiar sticking points emerge
1 year, 8 months ago

House GOP seeks to restart momentum on border security package but familiar sticking points emerge

CNN  

CNN — House Republicans are trying to restart momentum on a border security package that faced early opposition in the current Congress by beginning to move a slightly revamped package through the committee process on Wednesday, but early reactions indicate many of the same sticking points and hurdles remain. One Republican lawmaker, granted anonymity to speak freely, described the dynamics …

Biden's DHS head wants to prosecute MORE illegal immigrants
3 years, 8 months ago

Biden's DHS head wants to prosecute MORE illegal immigrants

Daily Mail  

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas wants to criminally prosecute more illegal immigrants and crack down on sanctuary cities Joe Biden's Homeland Security head is looking to crack down on illegal immigration by taking more legal action against border jumpers and targeting U.S. cities that act as a safe haven for them. The new hard-line stance comes as record numbers of …

Immigration: Biden halts border wall and travel ban
3 years, 11 months ago

Immigration: Biden halts border wall and travel ban

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden kicked off his term by signing out a series of immigration executive actions, moving swiftly to undo many Trump administration policies and ending the national emergency that diverted millions of dollars to the border wall. “But we’re going to need legislation for a lot of these we’re going to do.” That includes the administration’s immigration …

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