House Republicans propose $10 billion for Trump's border wall [View all]
By RACHAEL BADE 09/27/2017 03:28 PM EDT
House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a plan to provide $10 billion for President Donald Trump’s border wall with Mexico, a bill unlikely to clear the Senate but which could fuel a shutdown fight in December.
Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mike McCaul (R-Texas) said his panel will vote on the legislation next week. The bill also would add 10,000 more border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers, tap the National Guard to patrol the southern border and target people who have overstayed visas.
“Now that we have a partner in the White House who has made this a top priority, it’s time to send a bill to President Trump’s desk so we can deliver the American people the security they have long demanded and deserve,” McCaul said in a statement.
The bill represents Republicans’ opening salvo in both the looming year-end government funding fight and high-stakes negotiations over undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. It almost certainly won’t pass the Senate, where at least eight Democrats would be needed to clear a 60-vote threshold.
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