Senate Republicans block border security bill. Here's why.
From PBS:
A FUNDING BREAKDOWN
Total size: $118.3 billion.
That includes:
About $60 billion in military aid for Ukraine
$14.1 billion in aid for Israel
$4.83 billion in aid for the Indo-Pacific region
$10 billion in humanitarian assistance for Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, among other places
$2.3 billion in refugee assistance inside the U.S.
$20.2 billion for improvements to U.S. border security
$2.72 billion for domestic uranium enrichment
New border emergency authority.
The bill sets up a new trigger based on the average number of migrant encounters. After this level is reached, most new migrants entering the country illegally, outside of legal ports of entry, will automatically be removed.
If the average number of migrants crossing is:
4,000 per day, over seven days, DHS can launch this authority.
5,000 per day, over seven days, DHS must launch this authority.
This emergency trigger turns off within two weeks of the numbers falling below 4,000 or 5,000.
$100,000,000,000 of added pork is not a "border bill".
Allowing 4 to 5 thousand illegal invaders per day is not security.
5.000 X 365 = 1,825,000 per year with no questions asked - INSANE!
A FUNDING BREAKDOWN
Total size: $118.3 billion.
That includes:
About $60 billion in military aid for Ukraine
$14.1 billion in aid for Israel
$4.83 billion in aid for the Indo-Pacific region
$10 billion in humanitarian assistance for Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, among other places
$2.3 billion in refugee assistance inside the U.S.
$20.2 billion for improvements to U.S. border security
$2.72 billion for domestic uranium enrichment
New border emergency authority.
The bill sets up a new trigger based on the average number of migrant encounters. After this level is reached, most new migrants entering the country illegally, outside of legal ports of entry, will automatically be removed.
If the average number of migrants crossing is:
4,000 per day, over seven days, DHS can launch this authority.
5,000 per day, over seven days, DHS must launch this authority.
This emergency trigger turns off within two weeks of the numbers falling below 4,000 or 5,000.
$100,000,000,000 of added pork is not a "border bill".
Allowing 4 to 5 thousand illegal invaders per day is not security.
5.000 X 365 = 1,825,000 per year with no questions asked - INSANE!
