House Democrats on Saturday blocked Speaker Mike Johnson's modified border security measure, voting to defeat the bill as lawmakers considered a broad foreign aid package alongside it.
Members of the National Guard stand as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and fellow governors hold a news conference along the Rio Grande to discuss Operation Lone Star and border concerns, Feb. 4, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. Louisiana’s Republican-controlled Senate …’s modified border security measure, voting to defeat the bill as lawmakers considered a broad foreign aid package alongside it.
The End the Catastrophe at the Southern Border Act required at least two-thirds support to pass but came nowhere near that threshold. The House killed the legislation 215-199., Louisiana Republican, offered the bill as a sweetener to conservatives who are staunchly opposed to his four-part foreign aid package providing money to Ukraine, Israel and Indo-Pacific allies.
While all Republicans voted for the border security bill, it did nothing to change their opposition to the foreign aid package. Conservatives called the border security measure a meaningless fig leaf that excluded key border security provisions, such as a requirement that employers use E-Verify to ensure they’re not hiring people living here illegally.
Republicans wanted border provisions linked to the bill providing $60 billion to Ukraine, which would have improved the chances it would be signed into law. Mr.had promised to attach Ukraine aid with border security, but backed away from that plan because it was holding up the Ukraine aid that many lawmakers believe is desperately needed to prevent Russia from overtaking the country.
Earlier this year, House Republicans blocked a Senate measure pairing foreign aid with additional restrictions at the U.S.-Mexico border supposedly meant to address the flood of illegal immigration. Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, said the Senate border security provisions did nothing of the kind, instead allowing 5,000 illegals into the country daily.
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