The Republican leader in the Senate, William Frist, described the chances of getting any significant legislation passed over the coming weeks as next to impossible.
Dennis Hastert, speaker of the House of Representatives, said the priority for Republicans in the House would be putting together a package of enforcement proposals to tighten policing the border. Our border is a sieve. We are at war, said Hastert. We need to close our borders. The Congress cannot wait until next year to take on this issue.
Hastert and House majority leader John Boehner said the package could include more money for the Border Patrol and additional fencing and surveillance along the border with Mexico, reported Cox News Service.
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