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Asylum limits, more border security funds proposed in U.S. House GOP immigration bill [1]
['Ariana Figueroa', 'More From Author', '- April']
Date: 2023-04-27
WASHINGTON — Top U.S. House Republican leaders on Thursday unveiled an immigration package of bills that appropriates millions in funds for border security and imposes sweeping restrictions on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The plan is in sharp contrast with an announcement earlier Thursday by the Biden administration on how it would begin to handle legal migration through processing centers in Colombia and Guatemala.
“Since we took the majority, we have been hard at work putting together a strong border security package,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana said during a press conference.
Republicans plan to put the bill on the House floor for a vote in May, the same time when a pandemic-era tool used to expel millions of migrants, known as Title 42, is set to expire. Even if passed by the House, the GOP plan will not be taken up in the Senate, where Democrats hold a slim majority.
The package combines bills from the House Judiciary and House Homeland Security committees.
GOP leaders who joined Scalise included House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan of Ohio, House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green of Tennessee, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul of Texas, and House Homeland Security Vice Chair Michael Guest of Mississippi.
“We think it’s a strong bill that will correct the … problems we have seen now, the entire two years of this administration,” Jordan said.
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