House Democrats Rewrite Border Bill To Win Over Progressives
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House Democrats unveil changes to border bill to win over progressivesHouse Democratic leaders on Tuesday unveiled a set of changes to a $4.5 billion package to address the flow of migrants at the southern border in an effort to win over skeptical progressive and Hispanic lawmakers.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Democratic leaders met with members of the Progressive and Hispanic caucuses late into the night on Monday to win over their support to pass the legislation, which the House is expected to consider on Tuesday.
The changes unveiled by the House Appropriations Committee include requiring Customs and Border Protection...
From the Left
Emergency Aid for Migrants Badly Divides DemocratsWASHINGTON — Congress is trying to rush $4.5 billion in emergency humanitarian aid to the southwestern border while placing new restrictions on President Trump’s immigration crackdown, spurred on by disturbing images of suffering migrant families and of children living in squalor in overcrowded detention facilities.
But with a House vote on the package planned for Tuesday, some Democrats are revolting over the measure, fearing that the aid will be used to carry out Mr. Trump’s aggressive tactics, including deportation raids that he has promised will begin within two weeks. Republicans...
From the Right
Dems rewrite border bill to try to assuage liberalsStung by criticism from within their own ranks, House Democrats rushed Tuesday to alter their border crisis spending bill, proposing new hurdles the Trump administration must clear as it tries to deal with the surge of illegal immigrants.
The biggest change would be putting a cap on how long Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) can be held at shelters that don’t go through a state licensing process.
That change could upend the way the government, dating back to the Obama years, has cared for the children who show up at the...
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