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Despite optimism over the weekend about the release of legislative text for a possible border security package, no release is expected this week, a source close to bipartisan Senate negotiations told Fox News.
The source added that there were “a thousand little things to sort out.”
Although no release is imminent, Fox was told that talks have not lost momentum and negotiators are happy with where things stand.
The Texas National Guard takes security measures as hundreds of migrants attempt to reach the U.S. border to seek humanitarian asylum in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on January 2, 2024. (David Peinado/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Senators recognize the need to send more aid to Israel and Ukraine. There are also fears that any problems with the government's funding later this month could undermine such talks.
The source told Fox News that government funding is a “priority” and has a “hard deadline.”
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Negotiators are expected to discuss the status of the talks at the Senate Democratic and Republican luncheon tomorrow.
The Biden administration has been directly involved in the talks as the president seeks to both secure support for a top foreign policy priority – funding Ukraine's defense against Russia – and demonstrate action against a potential political weakness – his dealings with the historic number of migrants seeking asylum at the US border with Mexico.
FILE: A U.S. Border Patrol agent leads a line of women waiting to apply for asylum between two border walls to a van in San Diego, Thursday, May 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Biden faced stiff opposition from conservatives to his $110 billion request for a war aid package for Ukraine and Israel and other national security priorities. In the Senate, Republicans have called for the funding to be paired with changes to border security.
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But in the House, Conservatives have criticized any proposals that fall short of the tough border measures they passed on a party-line vote last year. And some House members allied with Donald Trump, the former president and current Republican presidential front-runner, have indicated they would not support a bipartisan proposal — regardless of content — if it meant Biden would be in one A border law will be signed into law in the election year.