Border Bulletin - Democrats detail border enforcement, Senate Plan Sets High Bar On Border Security and More
Your Daily Border Bulletin is up! Today's stories include:
Politico – Democrats detail border enforcement - Immigrants in
the U.S. illegally would not gain green cards under a bipartisan Senate bill until law-enforcement officials are monitoring the entire southern border a nd stopping 90% of people crossing illegally in certain areas, according to people familiar with the plan.Republican Sen. Rand Paul called for an overhaul of immigration laws that would allow millions of undocumented immigrants to remain permanently in the U.S. Aaron Zitner reports. Photo: Getty Images.
Wall Street Journal – Senate Plan Sets High Bar On Border Security Senate negotiators are moving behind-the-scenes to build support for the high-profile immigration bill they plan to unveil as soon as this week. At a lunchtime briefing, Democratic senators in the Gang of Eight sought to allay concerns raised by members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus about the border enforcement measures that would need to be in place before the country’s 11 million undocumented immigrants can obtain green cards.
New York Times – Broad Outlines of Senate Immigration Agreement Emerge A bipartisan group of senators has largely agreed on a broad immigration bill that would require tough border measures to be in place before illegal immigrants could take the first steps to become American citizens, according to several people familiar with drafts of the legislation. But in a delicate compromise worked out over weeks of negotiations, the bill avoids any hard hurdles related to border enforcement that could eventually halt the progress of those immigrants on a pathway to citizenship.




