Former US President Donald Trump on Monday called on Republicans to reject a bipartisan Senate deal that trades tough new border security measures for $60 billion in funding for Ukraine and other national security priorities.
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“Don't be stupid!!! We need a separate Border and Immigration Act. It should not be tied to foreign aid in any way, shape or form!” said Trump, who is up for re-election and is desperate for depriving President Joe Biden of a major legislative victory ahead of the November vote.
With the White House race looking all but certain to be a rematch of 2020, the former Republican president has been hammering his Democratic successor over the record number of undocumented migrants crossing the southern border.
Senators on Sunday unveiled one of the toughest immigration bills in a generation, including significant restrictions, which Biden has pledged to sign into law.
The $118.3 billion package includes $60 billion for Ukraine, $14 billion for Israel, $10 billion in humanitarian aid, nearly $5 billion for Asia-Pacific partners including Taiwan, and $20 billion in new border funding.
It would be a major victory for immigration hawks, full of concessions that Democrats normally would have strongly opposed, such as limiting presidential discretion to allow in refugees for humanitarian reasons, an expedited removal process and the mandate to close the border when arrests reach 5,000 daily.
Nor does it include any of the priorities that Democrats often push for, such as a path to citizenship for the 10.5 million undocumented immigrants that the Pew Research Center estimates in that country.
But Trump has a tight grip on the Republicans who lead the House of Representatives, and has repeatedly called on the party to kill the legislation and deny Biden and his Democrats a political victory ahead of the November elections.
Furthermore, Trump added:
This bill is a huge gift to Democrats and a death wish for the Republican Party…Takes the horrible job Democrats have done on Immigration and the Border, absolves them, and puts it all squarely on the shoulders of the Republicans
With information from AFP
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