The Biden administration is framing the border security bill as a positive step towards curbing asylum seekers, illegal drugs and increasing employment.
House Republicans say revived border bill "dead on arrival" as Senate plans to vote on it this week. / Photo: AP Archive
"This bipartisan border legislation would deliver the significant policy changes, resources and personnel needed to secure our border and make our country safer," Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said "We strongly support this legislation and call on every Senator to put partisan politics aside and vote to secure the border," she added.
The bipartisan border bill would reform asylum laws, boost staffing at the border, stop the flow of drugs like fentanyl, and give emergency powers to shut the border, he added.
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