Biden administration and Senate negotiators work over the weekend; Graham says deal ‘not close’

  • Negotiators rushing to reach a border security deal
  • Deal would unlock military aid for Ukraine and other national security needs
  • Biden administration facing pressure from all sides
  • Trump invoking Nazi blood-purity rhetoric against immigrants
  • Senators and Biden officials working behind closed doors to strike a deal
  • Republican Senator Lindsey Graham doubts a deal can be approved by Congress before year’s end
  • Biden administration facing criticism for considering revival of Trump-like policies
  • White House’s failure to fully engage Latino lawmakers causing outrage
  • Focus on limiting the numbers of migrants eligible for asylum and removing migrants without legal status
  • Discussion about limiting existing programs for temporary entry into the U.S.
  • Biden’s $110 billion aid package for Ukraine and other security needs hanging in the balance
  • Republicans souring on helping Ukraine fight Russia
  • Ukraine’s ambassador hopeful for a resolution in Congress

Negotiators rushed to reach a U.S. border security deal Sunday that would unlock President Joe Biden’s request for billions of dollars worth of military aid for Ukraine and other national security needs before senators leave town for the holiday recess. The talks come as Donald Trump, the Republican presidential frontrunner in 2024, delivered alarming anti-immigrant remarks about “blood” purity over the weekend, echoing Nazi slogans of World War II to cheers at a political rally. While the key senators left Saturday’s talks declaring progress toward a framework, as they narrow on proposals to limit migrants from entering at the U.S.-Mexico border, other influential lawmakers are doubtful any deal can be approved by Congress before year’s end. The Biden administration faces an increasingly difficult political situation as global migration is on a historic rise, and many migrants are fleeing persecution or leaving war-torn countries for the United States, with smugglers capitalizing on the situation. But the Biden administration, in considering revival of Trump-like policies, is drawing outrage from Democrats and immigrant advocates who say the ideas would gut the U.S. asylum system and spark fears of deportations from immigrants already living in the U.S. The White House’s failure to fully engage Latino lawmakers in the talks until recently, or ensure a seat at the negotiating table, has led to a near revolt from leaders of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Progressives in Congress are also warning the Biden administration off any severe policies that would bar immigrants a legal path to enter the country. Still, negotiators are expected to return to talks later Sunday as they try to push closer to a deal. The senators and the White House appear to be focused on ways to limit the numbers of migrants who are eligible for asylum at the border, primarily by toughening the requirements to qualify for their cases to go forward. The talks have also focused removing some migrants who have already been living in the U.S. without full legal status, and on ways to temporarily close the U.S.-Mexico border to some crossings if they hit a certain metric, or threshold. Meanwhile, Biden’s massive $110 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other security needs is hanging in the balance. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a dramatic, if disappointing, visit to Washington last week to plead with Congress and the White House for access to U.S. weaponry as his country fights against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion.

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Key People: Joe Biden (President), Donald Trump (Former U.S. President), Alejandro Mayorkas (Homeland Security Secretary), Lindsey Graham (Republican Senator), Jeff Zients (White House Chief of Staff), Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Ukrainian President), Vladimir Putin (Russian President), Mike Johnson (Republican Speaker)

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Justification: The article contains irrelevant information about Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant remarks and unrelated information about Ukraine’s request for military aid. It also includes biased language and opinion masquerading as fact, such as referring to Trump as the ‘Republican presidential frontrunner in 2024’ and stating that the Biden administration is considering revival of Trump-like policies. The article lacks focus and fails to provide accurate and objective information.

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Justification: The article contains a mix of relevant information about the negotiations for a U.S. border security deal and irrelevant information about Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant remarks. The article also includes some repetitive information and lacks scientific rigor or intellectual honesty.

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