House GOP Unveil New Border Bill Separate From Foreign Aid Packages

The bill is in separate legislation to the foreign aid funding for Ukraine and Israel. The House is expected to vote on it later this week.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump listens as Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during a press conference at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on April 12, 2024. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Leaders in the GOP-controlled House of Representatives have introduced a new border security bill to help appease Republicans who feel betrayed after Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) foreign aid packages excluded stricter measures to battle the growing illegal immigration crisis at the southern Border.

U.S. Border Patrol has encountered more than 7.6 million illegal immigrants trying to cross the border since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, with millions more gotaways estimated to have entered undetected.