By Marlyn Montilla
06 Feb 2024, 16:20 PM EST
The Republican leadership in the House of Representatives rejected the agreement reached between Republican senators to impose immigration restrictions at the border because they consider it insufficient.
“House Republicans oppose the immigration bill because it does not comply with any of the policies necessary to protect our border,” said the president of the House of Representatives, in a statement along with other Republican leaders.
In addition, they expressed that any further consideration of the project in the Senate is a “waste of time,” since the agreement “will die when it reaches the House.”
In the weeks of negotiations between the White House, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and a group of senators from both parties, he published the agreement that would allow imposing immigration restrictions and approving new military aid for Ukraine.
The document represents a significant change in the position that the Democratic Party has had on migration, but the Joe Biden Administration put the issue on the table as a bargaining chip for Republicans to give the green light for military aid for Ukraine, which They have been blocking for months.
In this sense, the proposal also includes $60 billion in military aid to Ukraine, $14 billion to Israel, $4.8 billion to Taiwan and $20 billion for border security.
The legislation is expected to go to a procedural vote this week in the Democratic-majority Senate. If approved by the Upper House, it would go to the House of Representatives, where Republicans are in the majority.
In addition to the opposition of the party leadership to the project, the agreement faces the rejection of former President Donald Trump, who aspires to be re-elected in the November presidential elections and does not want there to be agreements with the Democrats.
With information from EFE
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