breaking WSJ: Bill to both to crack down on illegals at border AND give ukraine + isreal bux to be voted on in US Senate

Total rightoid victory coming?

All of those people whining on Reddit and Twitter - literally wall-to-wall whining by slavs on Twitter and Redditors for 2 months straight - about Republicans abandoning Ukraine, when this was obviously just a delay to help fix the US border, not just spend everything rescuing some slav one.

TLDR:

• $118.2 billion overall in funds for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

• would establish a new asylum process at the border to deliver fast case resolutions and swift deportations for migrants who don't qualify. It also would set a higher bar for those claims and establish new limits on the number of immigrants claiming asylum to prevent the system from getting overwhelmed

WSJ article:

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/border-deal-to-cut-illegal-immigration-is-released-after-months-of-talks-26a66211

https://archive.is/8JtuK#selection-5630.0-5630.1

WASHINGTON—The Senate released Sunday the long-awaited details of a sprawling bipartisan bill designed to both sharply cut down on illegal border crossings and bolster embattled allies Ukraine and Israel, giving proponents just days to build support for the package and overcome growing hostility from some Republicans.

The deal, which took months to negotiate and is set to get an initial vote in the Senate as soon as Wednesday, would establish a new asylum process at the border to deliver fast case resolutions and swift deportations for migrants who don't qualify. It also would set a higher bar for those claims and establish new limits on the number of immigrants claiming asylum to prevent the system from getting overwhelmed.

On the spending side, the bill will provide $118.2 billion overall in funds for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan as well as for U.S. border changes and humanitarian aid in war zones. About half—around $60 billion—is related to Ukraine, with $14.1 billion for Israel security assistance and about $20 billion to implement the new border policies.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) called the release of the deal a “monumental step towards strengthening America's national security abroad and along our borders.”

Migrants seeking asylum line up as they await processing in a makeshift campsite after crossing the border between Mexico and the U.S. this month. Photo: Gregory Bull/Associated Press

The release of the deal text marks a critical step in trying to pass the complex measure overhauling border law and reasserting America's strength overseas. Curtailing illegal immigration has long been a top GOP priority, but it has increasingly become a concern of Democrats too, with border arrests surging to record levels and mayors of large cities pleading for federal help. The deal's provisions largely reflect Republican priorities, and exclude longtime Democratic demands such as a pathway to citizenship for so-called Dreamers brought to the country as children.

The bill faces an uphill fight to passage, given the decades of partisan wrangling over the issue and the approach of the fall elections.

President Biden, who is running for re-election, has thrown his support behind the emerging deal, saying he would embrace new powers to shut down the border if needed. Still, the prospects for the bill are uncertain. Even though Republicans initially pushed for the talks, former President Donald Trump, the GOP front-runner for the 2024 nomination, has blasted the prospect of any compromise. Some congressional Republicans including Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) have indicated they would be unlikely to support the emerging deal but wanted to see the actual text rather than relying on leaks and rumors.

The bill's first test will come in the Democratic-run Senate this week. While most Democrats in the 51-49 chamber are expected to support the proposal, Senate Republicans have indicated that they would only provide the votes to clear the required 60-vote hurdle to proceed if more than half the Senate GOP conference—or 25 members—commit to voting “yes.” If it does pass the Senate, it heads to the House, where Johnson said Saturday he has no plans to quickly take up the bill, instead giving priority to a separate measure that includes funding for Israel but nothing else.