Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says that the border security bill agreed by a bipartisan group of senators will not become law. He effectively declared the border security and foreign aid package dead, Politico reports.
McConnell believes that some parts of the national security amendment, which includes changes in border policy, as well as aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, should be reconsidered.
After four months of negotiations on border policy, which McConnell personally called for and repeatedly supported, he said there is no support for the deal.
"We had a very active discussion about whether this product could ever become law. And the speaker has made it clear to us that it will not become law," he explained.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that Senate Democrats are feeling angry and deeply disappointed: "Leader McConnell and the Republican Conference have done a 180-degree turn. They are trembling at the knees in fear of Donald Trump."
Meanwhile, CNN's Manu Raju writes in X that McConnell, Cornyn and other senior party officials want the Senate to move on to other aspects of the emergency aid package - funding for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan - and leave the border provision aside, given the deep divisions within the party.
