After weeks of closed-door negotiations, the White House and a trio of senators could unveil an agreement as early as this week, sources said.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Congress is on the verge of striking a deal with the Biden administration that would enact sweeping new border controls, including the authority to pause asylum processing during spikes in migrant crossings, three people familiar with the talks told CBS News.

After weeks of closed-door negotiations, the White House and a trio of senators could unveil an agreement as early as this week, the sources said, requesting anonymity due to the private nature of the conversations. The bill is designed to reduce the unprecedented levels of illegal crossings recorded along the southern border in the past three years.

While GOP Sen. James Lankford, Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy and independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema are close to finalizing the compromise with the White House, any bipartisan immigration proposal would face an uphill battle in the House, where Speaker Mike Johnson and other conservative lawmakers have pushed for even stricter changes to the asylum system.

Divisions among Republican lawmakers over whether to support a border deal with Mr. Biden have also intensified after former President Donald Trump came out against it. At a rally in Las Vegas on Saturday, Trump said he would “rather have no bill than a bad bill.”

  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    73·
    6 months ago

    The US has 2.5m migrant encounter at the border in 2023. So that’s about 6800 people at day. This caps that at 5000.

    This basically says that encounters need to be 75% of what is currently being handled, and families will be prioritized.

      • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
        73·
        6 months ago

        Yeah, it’s not great for people who are desperate for help, but what do you propose as a practical alternative?

        Many cities are being hit by unprecedented problems with housing and homelessness, their budgets are tapped out, and they’re asking for federal help. A federal package to aid and shelter increased migration is not going to get support from many Americans, and it definitely won’t get past the GOP house.

        Biden basically has 2 practical options. Take people in and piss off major democratic metros that can’t feed and house everyone, or throttle the flow and piss off Americans that don’t want to turn away people in need.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          121·
          6 months ago

          You’ve given part of the solution yourself. Don’t just send them to major metropolitan areas. This town has about 60,000 people in it. There are towns of this size all over the country. Many, many more than major metro areas. We could take in a couple of thousand migrants in this town if the will was there.

          The will isn’t there.

          The will to be inhumane is.