Border Update

Developments In talks that resumed on December 7, Senate negotiators appear to have made little progress toward a deal that…

Developments Senate negotiators voiced pessimism about reaching a deal before the end of the year that might grant the Biden…

Developments Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning pleading for assistance included in a budget package currently…

Developments A group of senators met late into yesterday evening to negotiate a deal to approve the Biden administration’s $110.5…

Developments The House of Representatives has adjourned for the year, and its Republican leadership is showing little willingness to come…

Developments On Friday, Senate Democratic leadership sounded optimistic that by Sunday, negotiators would reach a basic agreement on compromises weakening…

Developments Only 61 of 100 senators were present for a nominations vote yesterday, indicating that much of the body has…

Links about snarled Senate negotiations, legal challenges to a draconian new Texas immigration law, large numbers of migrants at the border, and the Darién Gap.

Migrant apprehensions continue to exceed 10,000 per day. Two railroad bridges are temporarily closed. Congress has left Washington for the rest of the year with negotiations stalled.

Border Patrol apprehensions remain above 10,000 per day as President Biden plans to dispatch top cabinet officials to Mexico just after Christmas.

A U.S. delegation meets with Mexico’s president to discuss migration. Migration numbers have dropped a bit at the border. Mexican authorities razed a tent encampment in Matamoros. A “caravan’s” numbers are dwindling.