Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that the Senate will vote this week on bipartisan border legislation that failed several months ago, but he acknowledged the difficulties the bill faces from both sides of the aisle. In a "Dear Colleague" letter sent on Sunday, Schumer underscored the need for the legislation "to secure our border." He also harshly criticized former President Donald Trump for his opposition to the bill and how that stance influenced Republican senators.
"Congressional Republicans and Democrats alike were prepared to join arms and act to secure our nation’s border as part of the national security supplemental," Schumer wrote, referencing the legislation introduced in February. "Unfortunately, just as the border proposal was being finalized, former President Trump demanded Congressional Republicans kill the legislation." "The former President made clear he would rather preserve the issue for his campaign than solve the issue in a bipartisan fashion," Schumer continued.
"On cue, many of our Republican colleagues abruptly reversed course on their prior support, announcing their new-found opposition to the bipartisan proposal." The New York Democrat referenced a comment from Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) at the time, who said , "The very people who demanded that we have something on the border as part of the supplemental, suddenly all these months later say they don't want something on the border.
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