Republicans attempt to get hardline border security bill into foreign aid package
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has filed an amendment to incorporate the House's border security bill into the national security package, but its passage faces slim odds in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
"It is important that Russia lose and [Vladimir] Putin lose, but it is even more urgent that we defend our nation first. I will fund military aid to Ukraine, but only after we enact meaningful measures to secure America's own border," Cruz told Fox News Digital. Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
Cruz's amendment is identical to H.R. 2, known as the "Secure the Border Act," the border security bill that the House passed last year to restore most Trump-era policies and reform asylum.
It's considered a "nonstarter" by Democrats in the upper chamber, making the likelihood of passage very low. It's unclear whether the amendment will even get a vote.
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