‘Dead on Arrival’ Border Bill Leaves Aid for Israel and Ukraine up in the Air

WASHINGTON – Hopes of a bipartisan border bill on Capitol Hill are quickly fading as GOP Senate leadership signals they likely don’t have the votes to pass the compromise immigration plan. 

“Senate Republicans have insisted not for months but for years that this urgent crisis demanded action,” declared Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on the Senate floor Monday. 

Just hours later, however, McConnell reportedly urged Republican senators to vote “no” on the bill’s first procedural vote set for Wednesday.  This comes after weeks of McConnell being in rare agreement with President Biden that immediate solutions are needed at the border.

“We don’t have enough agents, we don’t have enough folks, we don’t have enough judges,” Biden told reporters Monday. “We don’t have enough folks there, we need help.”

The bill, which was endorsed by a union of border patrol workers that supported President Trump’s 2016 and 2020 presidential runs, aims to discourage migrants from illegally crossing the southern border.

It includes $20 billion for immigration enforcement, the hiring of thousands of officers, and increased screenings for fentanyl and other drugs. The measure also includes $60 billion for Ukraine, $14 billion for Israel, and $10 billion in humanitarian aid for people in

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