Senate Dems say any changes to asylum system must be coupled with amnesty for illegal immigrants
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Senate Democrats are warning of what they say would be "harmful" changes to the U.S. asylum system as part of funding talks, saying that permanent changes must be coupled by amnesty.
The senators on the statement are Sens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., Alex Padilla, D-Calif., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Cory Booker, D-N.J., Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., Edward Markey, D-Mass., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Ron Wyden, R-Ore. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
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Negotiations have been ongoing in Congress over the White House’s $106 billion supplemental aid package, which includes $14 billion in funding for border operations as well as additional funding for the U.S. allies in Ukraine and Israel.