WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday opened the door to addressing the nation’s immigration problems through bipartisan legislation that he said should include changes to asylum law.
With the numbers of Central American migrants surging at the U.S.-Mexico border, President Donald Trump earlier this year declared a national emergency. That, he argued, would allow him to take federal funds and use them to build a wall to repel undocumented immigrants. He took the step after Congress refused to give him $5.7 billion for the construction.“That doesn’t solve the asylum issue.
U.S. officers arrested or denied entry to over 103,000 people along the border with Mexico in March, a 35 percent increase over the prior month and more than twice as many as the same period last year, according to data released on Tuesday.The Trump administration and leading Senate Republicans have called for moving Central American asylum cases more quickly through the legal system and setting an easier standard for deportations.
“But I’m always willing to hear constructive ideas and proposals. That is a particularly difficult area,” Coons said in a brief interview outside the Senate chamber. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, also in hallway interviews this week, said he has asked the White House to provide detailed changes it would want in asylum legislation.
Joni_Looking What’s the point Mitch? You and everyone else knows that Individual-1 will never sign an immigration bill that is not restrictive, punitive, racist and somehow makes him $$$.
DT Puppet
The SwampMonster wants to deliver the 'Grand Prize' to the big lobbyist donors in the Chamber of Commerce crowd.... Amnesty. Jeb and Marco and RinoRyan couldn't deliver, but he thinks a RINO plea for 'bipartisanship' will fool people this time.
the liberal agenda of pushing mass illegal immigration as a method to garner mass votes is an example of how reckless and callous the left has become.Traitors who care neither for the American citizen who will be hurt by illegal immigration, nor the illegal immigrant themselves.
McConnell was instrumental in stealing a Supreme court seat. He is a career partisan obstructionist.
LOL - Which partisans does he wish to buy this time ? LOL
No more immigration
While packing the courts to interpret or bend the laws as they see fit
Dr. NO wants bipartisan support....what gaul.
McConnell? Bipartisan? Hell will freeze over first.
Honestly, any time Mitch tries to use the word bipartisan someone needs to walk up to him and smack him with an Atlantic Cod.
Like he worked in a Bipartisan manner through 2017? Or how he bipartisanly increased the deficit so as to give tax breaks to his donor class? DitchMitch
JessicaV_CIS NoAmnesty EndDACAforever EndBirthrightCitizenship EVerify BuildTheWall EndChainMigration deport
JessicaV_CIS Fuck him. We need to control the border first. Any reform now will be nothing but an excuse for mass amnesty with no real solution.
The dictator wannabe with a heart of ice will veto, and who can trust senatemajldr, his word is dirt.
Is he extraterrestrial?
McConnell thinks bipartisan means agree with Trump
It doesn’t matter. His master won’t approve it
There was 1 such legislation in 2013 which got 68 votes (15 GOP) . Why didn’t MitchMcConell vote for it then ? Then John Boehner killed it to protect his speakership.
Even this old rich goat knows that getting out of.control
Well, of course it has to be bipartisan since his party no longer controls the House of Representatives!!!
Make a plan..humanitarian please!
Why? You'd probably never let any bill see the light of the Senate floor anyway.
senatemajldr has been the root of this slow motion constitutional crisis since he first took over! He’s been a discredit to the proper functioning of government for years. His deathbed scene will be a sorry sight for the failure of God’s and George Washington’s forgiveness!
How he can flip it like a switch.
The last two bipartisan immigration deals that were presented to realDonaldTrump he walked away from when Ann Coulter called him names why would this be different McConnellPress ?
Hey turtle... blow me.
He needs to retire. You can tell he is old and LOOSING mind.
Sycophant McConnell and “bipartisan!” What is this corrupt snake scheming on now?
Turtle needs to sit his treacherous, untrustworthy a$$ down in a corner, somewhere, & face the freakin wall!
WOMP WOMP!
You can call for it, but it doesn't do any good if you refuse to concede anything.
Tell him he can go to hell.
I don't trust him. I'm sure senatemajldr has some kind of trick planned, or he will force Dems to give up something sacred in exchange for meaningful legislation.
We call for Him 2 go home & fix his State.
McConnell is just another old lizard like others who's time has passed.
I doubt there's a tinkers chance of any bipartisanship in congress anymore. The 'government ' has come to a standstill
SpeakerPelosi deserves an unredacted Mueller report. Let’s make a deal.
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I thought this foto reminded me of someone
The House and the Senate passed a bipartisan immigration bill that would increase resources for border security and deal with DACA recipients in a reasonable way, and realDonaldTrump opposed it. The problem is in the Oval Office.
Mitch, Is that the embalming fluid effect or is that just your normal look?
What for? The President wont sign it.
Yes, but, first get rid of Trump.
Turkey neck Mcgee
Tell the turtle that the people say 🖕🏾
There was a bipartisan deal a few years back, and then the GOP backed out of supporting it. They can't be trusted to keep their word for five minutes.
He’s finally coming out of his shell.
You have two bills from House start w them
McConnell calling for bipartisanship? Gotta be a catch to it.
Because he’s such a bipartisan advocate. PLEASE.... the man is a demon
When had complete control of congress and presidency couldnt do shit, but now can do something with dem house? Kkk
Sure he does. 'Cuz we know McConnell values bipartisanship above all else. More likely he's looking for a way to blame Dems for the latest (or next) round of GOP failures.
Mitch thinks this will calm the psycho in the WH. It won’t. Narcissists are never happy or satisfied.
Geez what happened? Did he see Jesus in the Senate Chamber?
I call for bipartisan elimination of McConnell
why , so he can then say he isn’t bringing it to the senate for a vote