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House Passes $4.5 Billion Immigration Package


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The House passed a $4.5 billion immigration package Tuesday night to help solve the crisis at the border after releasing a number of changes to the bill reportedly to garner more support from far-left Democrats.

The vote was 230-195, after a meeting led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Monday night. Democrats reportedly came up with a list of changes, such as requiring Customs and Border Protection to create health standards for children and adults in custody, including nutrition and hygiene standards, The Hill reported. The Department of Homeland Security would also be required to provide translation services to migrants in shelters.

The new changes would also make it so that migrant children would spend less time at a shelter.  In the event that a migrant child cannot be moved to another shelter due to lack of available space, the Department of Health and Human Services would report the situation to Congress and wait to transfer the child until room becomes available.

This all comes amid apprehension concerning immigrants that has increased every month since January. There have also been over 100,000 encounters with illegal immigrants at the southern border in both March and April, setting the border crisis on track to be the worst it has been in a decade.:snip:

 

 

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