12 Feb 2024 7:31 pm
Because they attached it to the package for aid to Israel, Ukraine and the Indo Pacific in HR2. The Republicans voted it down after months of negotiation and are making increasingly unreasonable demands rather than solve the problem. That's the view from Washington. And you can't just completely close the border. There's a lot of commerce. HR2 in the Senate form would shut down the border if more than 5000 illegals crossed the border in one day. That was the compromise and it was bipartisan in the Senate markup.
Nothing is easier than defending the status quo.