The U.S. Senate on Sunday released a long-awaited agreement enacting border security reforms in exchange for aid to Ukraine, ending negotiations that began in December.
The 370-page bill, titled the “Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2024,” would provide funding for aid and border security to Ukraine during its conflict with Hamas and Russia's war with Israel through Sept. 30. $118 billion will be allocated to both. reform. The latter reforms include the hiring of new immigration judges to speed up the processing of asylum and deportation proceedings, as well as law enforcement efforts to detain and remove aliens who are in the United States illegally. (Related: Former officials attack leaked Senate border deal, say Biden is trying to evade responsibility)
Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2024 from Scribd's Daily Caller News Foundation
An important provision of the Title IV bill would be that aliens who entered the United States illegally, with an average weekly arrival rate of more than 5,000, would be subject to immediate removal without going through the standard removal process under Title VIII. The creation of an emergency authority to evict them. Day. This immediate removal requirement will only expire if the two-week average number of illegal immigrants decreases to 3,750 people per day.
The provision has been controversial within the Republican Party, which has reacted to the provision's release ahead of the bill's release by arguing that it would not significantly reduce illegal immigration. The bill imposes a cap on the number of days in a calendar year during which emergency powers may be exercised.
“We never believed that policy demands should be tied to emergency aid to allies, but Republicans insisted that Democrats negotiate in good faith for weeks,” said Patty Murray, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. “And there is now bipartisan agreement on a border policy bill.” The text of the bill was announced. “The fate of Ukraine and much more are at stake. It's time for Congress to act.”
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