Senate Republicans demanded Tuesday that the national security spending bill now making its way through Congress must include policy changes that could head off the flow of illegal immigrants at the border.
President Biden has requested $106 billion in money for U.S. efforts in Ukraine, Israel, the Pacific and at the U.S.-Mexico border, but the GOP senators said money alone won’t solve illegal immigration.
“There is a significant number of Republicans in the Senate who believe that these are all linked, and that these are all vital national security interests and priorities for the United States,” said South Dakota Sen. John Thune, the chamber’s second-ranking GOP leader. Mr. Biden’s proposal includes money to hire more Border Patrol agents and immigration judges, as well as new assistance to communities struggling to accommodate all the migrants that have arrived. The proposal also would increase the number of detention beds Homeland Security has to hold migrants awaiting deportation hearings.
The Kentucky Republican added that “at the risk of repeating myself, the threats facing America and our allies are serious and they’re intertwined.”SEE ALSO: ‘One fight’: White House links Russia, Hamas, China as it pushes $106 billion funding bill
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