US Senate reaches agreement on migration and aid to Ukraine and Israel

Democrats and Republicans in the US Senate reached an agreement Sunday evening local time on immigration restrictions, a new aid package for Ukraine and aid for Israel, according to international news agencies. The proposal includes a total of $118.3 billion (€109.8 billion), including $60.1 billion (€55.8 billion) for Ukraine and $14.1 billion (€13 billion) for Israel.

Republicans have demanded tougher immigration rules in exchange for agreeing to billions in new aid to Ukraine. It has been agreed that if more than 4,000 people report at the border every day, migrants can be turned back at the border, and if more than 5,000 people report at the border every day, they must be turned back. The number of immigrants trying to enter the United States is now at an all-time high.

The Senate will vote on the proposal for the first time on Wednesday. The House of Representatives must also ratify the deal and much opposition is expected. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson is referring to the bill In X In an initial response, he wrote that it was “worse than we expected” and that “the devastation the president has caused is completely unsolvable.”

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Republican hardliners are against it because they want more stringent immigration measures. Like former President Donald Trump, he is now making another bid for the White House. Some progressive Democrats say the immigration measures are too harsh and lack a plan to give the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. a chance at U.S. citizenship.

Commenting on the deal, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the Democratic majority leader, said, “The issues this bill seeks to address are too important to ignore and too important to get politics on track.”

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