Senate blocks release of migrants without negative COVID test

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : In June, CBP revealed it encountered more than 188,000 migrants at the southern border and several reports reveal the number for July tops 210,000, although the official figures have not yet been released.
41% : 'At a time when politicians and bureaucrats are reinstating mask mandates and forcing vaccines on many Americans, their hypocrisy is on full display at the southern border where they are encouraging illegal migrants to enter our country unchecked for COVID,' Marshall said in his early Wednesday morning remarks. '
36% : Senator Roger Marshall's amendment blocking immigration enforcement from releasing migrants without a negative COVID-19 test was adopted in an 88-11 vote overnight as part of the $3.5 trillion budget resolution
21% : Record numbers of migrants are illegally crossing the border under Joe Biden's administration, pleading for asylum.
20% : Several reports reveal CBP encountered 210,000 migrant in July, making the total number of illegal crossers in Biden's first six months over 1 millionThe Senate voted in the early hours of Wednesday morning to include in the $3.5 trillion budget resolution an amendment banning the release of migrants arriving at the southern border who do not have a negative coronavirus test.

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