Measures unveiled on Sunday night face uphill battle to pass either Senate or House, leaving Ukraine and Israel uncertain over future assistance
Senate releases draft bill to toughen border measures
Some Senate Democrats are also objecting to the immigration deal, arguing it unnecessarily dismantles protections for migrants.
California’s Alex Padilla argues the proposal is inconsistent with international law, and was negotiated by the wrong people:
This package — which we have just begun to study — doesn’t exactly inspire confidence. These changes are permanent in nature without any meaningful relief for the 12 million undocumented immigrants in the country, including Dreamers that have lived here for a decade or more. Major chunks of this legislation read like an enforcement wish list from the Trump administration, and directly clash with the most basic tenets of our asylum system. It would permanently contort our asylum system by making it harder for asylum seekers to have their claims heard and making it impossible for asylum claims to be adjudicated at all based on arbitrarily set trigger numbers that could shut down our border.