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tightening immigration enforcement and putting sharp limits on who is eligible for asylum in the U.S., measures they said are aimed at “securing the border and stemming the flow of migrants immediately.”GOP leaders have said that Democrats need to agree to some sort of concessions on the border in exchange for their support for billions of dollars for Ukraine, Israel and other national security priorities, as requested by President Joe Biden’s administration.
Democrats immediately rejected the GOP’s border demands, however, putting into further doubt continued U.S. assistance for Ukraine. Congress has struggled to reform the nation’s immigration laws for decades, and it’s hard to see lawmakers working out a major compromise on border issues now, particularly on the edges of a broader emergency spending package.
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