Sen. Bob Menendez has introduced a framework for revamping immigration programs amid ongoing concerns about the number of migrant crossings, particularly along the southern border.
The effort, which does not appear to have GOP support at the moment, comes months after a bipartisan Senate duoThat plan, put forward by Sens. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., called for $25 billion to boost border security, which factored in higher salaries for border patrol agents and increased staffing and other resources for border patrol and border protection.
Menendez’s proposal similarly calls for beefing up salaries for border patrol and field operations employees and expediting asylum processing. Menendez, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is also calling for new visas to address worker shortages identified by states. Raising the number of work visas would require congressional action.
Customs and Border Protection reported Monday that encounters with migrants at the border in March were up 23%, to about 191,900, from the previous month, a bump that's typical as spring approaches, but down about 14% from March of last year.
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