Border Turmoil Drives Dealmaking, Attacks as Congress Returns

Jan. 3, 2024, 10:00 AM UTC

Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill next week with unfinished business on immigration and border security as other time-sensitive obligations compete for their attention.

Senate negotiators and aides have spent the holiday recess working through sticking points in a prospective border policy deal that Republicans demanded in exchange for approving new aid to Ukraine. Now senators face an uphill battle to lock in an agreement, finalize text, and pass a bill.

Across the Capitol, Republicans have another idea about how to address the border situation: impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, whom they blame for record-high migrant encounters across much of ...

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