Immigration
House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer offer a possible preview of the shutdown Congress avoided in October and November.
In addition to allowing police anywhere in Texas to arrest migrants on charges of illegal entry, local judges could also order migrants to leave the country.
Donald Trump's former attorney general reacted on CNN to the ex-president's "poisoning the blood" comments.
The former Trump attorney declared that the GOP front-runner is “playing to the lowest denominator of American that exists” in the country.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Former President Donald Trump is defending his comments about migrants crossing the southern border, who he had said are poisoning the blood of America.
“It is language that is meant to divide. It is language that I think people have rightly found similar to the language of Hitler,” Harris said.
The law -- which would allow police to arrest people they suspect crossed the border illegally -- is set to go into effect in March, if the courts don't block it.
The Republican senator said that former President Donald Trump should have been "even tougher" when talking about migrants.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law sweeping new powers that allow police to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally.
The rally remarks come from a former president who has criticized "vermin" political foes and pledged to be a dictator on "day one" of a new administration.