Border Update

Senate releases text of compromise deal to limit asylum in exchange for Ukraine aid. Prospects for passage are poor. Texas invites Republican governors to the border.

A Senate vote Wednesday on the border-asylum-restrictions-for-Ukraine-aid deal appears poised to fail. House Republicans will try today to push through the impeachment of DHS Secretary Mayorkas.

The Senate border-Ukraine aid compromise is on the brink of failure. The House failed to impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas.

The border deal failed in the Senate, leaving uncertainty over Ukraine aid, and the possibility of hard-line amendments or even executive actions aiming to deter migration.

Following the death of the “border deal,” the Senate is debating a bill with no border content—but there might be amendments.

Senate is on track to pass a “borderless” funding bill. Border wall falls injured 441 people in San Diego in 2023.

The Senate passed a borderless spending bill, but House Republican leadership rejects it without border language. 64 million people tried to use the CBP One app. Mayorkas impeachment vote could happen today.

Migration dropped by half in January. The House impeached Secretary Mayorkas. “Border chaos” rhetoric failed to stop Democrats from flipping a New York House seat in a special election.

Democrats propose leaning into harder-line border policies during the 2024 campaign. Border Patrol agents continue wide use of a slur to refer to migrants. A Darién Gap shipwreck has killed at least four migrants.

Centrist legislators propose a bill that would expel asylum seekers and revive “Remain in Mexico.” A top Border Patrol official is suspended for misconduct.