Senate Republicans, led by Daines, move to block reported $450k payments to illegal immigrants
November 03, 2021 at 17:44 PM EDT
Senate Republicans, led by Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., on Wednesday moved an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, which would bar a reported plan by the Biden administration to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to illegal immigrants who were separated at the border – just as President Biden strongly denied the report.