The $4.6B legislation contains $2.9B to care for unaccompanied migrant children and $1.3B to care for adult migrants. There's also money to hire new judges to decide asylum claims and funds to reimburse local governments and nonprofits who assist refugees
WASHINGTON — A modified version of President Donald Trump's $4 billion-plus request to care for tens of thousands of migrant refuges massing at the southern border swept through a key Senate panel Wednesday after senior lawmakers removed"poison pills" that Democrats objected to.
The bipartisan vote likely means the Senate will take the lead in writing the legislation, which needs to pass into law before the House and Senate leave for vacation next week. A spokesman for House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., said the panel has drafted its version of the measure and expects a bipartisan vote early next week.The $4.6 billion legislation contains $2.
"Let's stay with the humanitarian aid," Shelby said, describing his pitch to fellow lawmakers."Let's keep the poison pills out." "Children in our care are being forced to sleep under bridges, and families are being placed in outdoor pens without shelter," Leahy said.
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