“Republican lawmakers sense political advantage on immigration and are pressing Democrats to accept hardline border restrictions as the price for more US aid to Ukraine,” Bloomberg reports.
“The surge in migrants crossing the US-Mexico border is emerging as a signature issue in next year’s election, with voters ranking immigration their second most important concern, just after the economy.
Pressure to act is building as migrants tax the resources of big cities across the US.”Punchbowl News: “Democrats maintain that Republicans’ immigration demands are unrealistic and complain GOP leaders are holding a bipartisan foreign policy priority hostage.”