Senate to Vote Again on Border Bill Previously Blocked by Republicans

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) backs it, but GOP senators, including previous co-sponsor James Lankford (R-Okla.), say it is an election ploy.

More than 1,000 illegal immigrants wait in line to be processed by U.S. Border Patrol agents after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Dec. 18, 2023. John Moore/Getty Images

The Senate is scheduled this week to bring up a border bill that was blocked a few months ago by Republicans, who are expected to do so again.

In a May 19 letter to colleagues, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced that the upper congressional chamber will look to pass the bipartisan bill.