The Senate and Biden administration have reached a bi-partisan border bill which includes funding for Israel and Ukraine as well. The GOP majority in the House is unlikely to accept it but only a small number of GOP members need to vote to support the bill in order for it to pass. One key highlight of the bill caps the number of immigrants allowed into the U.S. at 5,000 per day after this number further immigrants would be blocked and must remain in Mexico. Key highlights of the Senate’s proposed border deal package https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/04/politics/senate-border-bill-takeaways/index.html
Congress Looks Like Just Another Trump Campaign Arm House Republicans are trying to tank a border-security bill, showing their goal isn’t to fix the issue but to fixate on it for the 2024 election. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/donald-trump-republicans-border
The House failed to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, after a small group of Republicans broke with their party. The move dealt a stunning defeat to Speaker Mike Johnson, who had expressed confidence that he had the votes to charge Mr. Mayorkas with high crimes and misdemeanors for failing to lock down the U.S. border with Mexico amid a migrant surge. Tuesday, February 6, 2024 6:53 PM ET https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/06/us/mayorkas-impeachment
google trends for the term "illegals" w/rough timing of midterm & general elections. Notables are "child separation policy", start of "remain in mexico", and start of "title 42" https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=illegals&hl=en