Border Patrol
The party is showing voters a House leader who can’t count votes and a Senate leader incapable of swaying his conference to compromise.
Republicans’ rejection of a bipartisan plan throws the fate of U.S. support for allies up in the air.
Republican Sen. James Lankford, who spent months negotiating the border provisions the GOP demanded, said he may vote against his own bill this week.
After House Speaker Mike Johnson proposed separating out money for Israel, the White House signaled that won’t work either.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Not only did he publicly back Sen. James Lankford for reelection in 2022, but he also praised the Oklahoma Republican's stance on border security.
The Lone Star State is trying to seize the power of the national government in pursuit of its own extreme anti-immigrant measures.
"If it’s good for the country but bad for Donald Trump, what do you choose?" Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy said in urging Republicans to support the legislation.
A bipartisan bill to address the surge of migrants at the southern border is sowing discord within the Senate GOP as Trump urges them to kill it.
Democrats are accusing Republicans of playing politics with border security after claiming to care about it.
Many on the right claim the U.S. is being "invaded" by migrants but also want to wait until Donald Trump is elected president again to stop it.