A bipartisan border agreement
backed by President Biden is
coming together in the Senate,
but not without opposition from
some Republicans. The president
says the new legislation is
crucial for more stringent
border control. Fox's CB cotton
has the details as fresh signs
of a bipartisan Senate border
deal emerging on Capitol Hill,
with negotiators reaching an
agreement on at least one key
area granting a Biden
administration the authority to
shut down the southern border if
migrant crossings reach a
certain level. They are also
settling on a provision to speed
up the process for migrants
seeking asylum. It gives
President Biden expanded
authority to shut down illegal
crossings, and it also allows
him to allocate more resources
for due process with immigration
judges and magistrates. For
those coming here through legal
ports of entry, this is a win
win, but there are still major
questions lingering on whether
enough Republicans will line up
to back the package, especially
now that former president Donald
Trump has urged Republicans to
reject any compromise in order
to prevent President Biden from
a political victory. The details
of the legislation are still
being hammered out, with
negotiators planning on working
through the weekend. We haven't
seen any text or language about
the deal. I've been very, very
solid in my response of I will
not vote for anything that makes
illegal legal, a sign of the
challenges that remain, house
speaker Mike Johnson is calling
the deal dead on arrival in the
House, and without some GOP
backing, Congress will leave
critical aid to both Ukraine and
Israel hanging in the balance
that this is going to be a
political football, probably for
the next 12 months and
potentially going farther.