Immigrant update

Axios - Republican and Democratic senators are scrambling to pass and enact very significant restrictions on migrants flooding the U.S.-Mexico border. They seem to be missing one obvious flaw: It's dead before it arrives. Yes, the Senate can pass it. Yes, President Biden would sign it. But, no, it won't happen. Former President Trump is the Republican Party, and he has vowed to proudly and loudly kill it. And House Republicans — mainly new Speaker Mike Johnson — are his executioners.

Republican and Democratic senators are taking to the airwaves, scrambling to pass the all-but-dead measure, which would be one of the harshest immigration bills of the century. But the speaker called the deal "dead on arrival" on Friday, then doubled down over the weekend, claiming it wouldn't do enough to stop illegal border crossings.  He has said he talks frequently with Trump about the border.  More