Posted on 12/16/2023 11:43:51 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
Senate Democrats are deeply divided over an emerging border deal that some Democratic lawmakers fear will include harsh asylum policy reforms plucked from the House-passed Secure the Border Act in order to win GOP backing of long-delayed funding for Ukraine.
A growing number of Senate Democrats, including Latino caucus members, are sounding the alarm over leaks that say the administration is prepared to support new authority to expel migrants without asylum screenings and expand their detention and deportation.
They worry they’ll get blindsided next week if Senate negotiators reach a deal on border security and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) rushes it to the floor.
Schumer told colleagues Thursday that he plans to schedule a vote on an emergency foreign aid package that will include border security reforms next week. He said White House and Senate negotiators will work through the weekend to reach a framework agreement.
Democratic senators are concerned that Schumer plans to advance the legislative vehicle for the package before they even know the substance of the deal.
“If @SenScumer thinks he can send us home for the weekend, quietly cave to Republicans’ anti-immigrant demands while nobody is watching, and then ambush Democrats expecting us to vote yes with a smile, he is TERRIBLE MISTAKEN,” Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a leading Democratic voice on immigration issues, posted on the social media platform X.
Menendez warned that “Schumer and those Democrats who are contemplating these proposals need to understand that these Trumpian policies will do nothing to address our challenges at the border and will only exacerbate the problem.”
Other Democrats are balking at reports that the White House is prepared to give significant ground to Republicans by agreeing to expanded executive power to expel migrants.
“I’m very concerned about the details,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said.
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“Trump is the only man alive with the balls to kick off this fight. It’s really a George Washington type fight and I’m really not even sure Trump can pull it off. By now though, he may be mad enough to do it.”
Right about that but wrong about our RINOs. Remember the McCarthy vote and how few Pubs voted against him. The same number would support Trump in a veto override.
.......today yes, but hopefully some of those RINO’s will evaporate after November 24...............
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