Immigration spending pact has more than a border wall
A compromise on border and immigration enforcement cleared the Senate on Thursday, giving President Donald Trump just a sliver of the money he wanted for his border wall. The White House said Trump would sign the bill and then declare a national emergency to try to shift money to wall-building from elsewhere in the federal budget. The bill, which averts another government shutdown, includes many other provisions.
The agreement provides $1.375 billion for 55 miles (88 kilometers) of Trump's wall, all of it in Texas' Rio Grande Valley, the busiest corridor for illegal crossings by far. The deal includes $1.03 billion for 44 miles (70 kilometers) on normal soil and 11 miles (18 kilometers) on levees. The bill does not specify how much of the construction will extend existing barriers and how much will replace those barriers.
The House is expected to vote on the bill Thursday night. U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici's statement on the bill: (see video)