Senate appropriators sparred over immigration Wednesday as Republicans pushed for border policy changes they want to include in an emergency spending package for Israel, Ukraine and more that could ride on a stopgap measure due by next Friday to avoid a partial government shutdown.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the star witness at an Appropriations Committee hearing, pledged to work with senators on border policy changes. But he said the border problem should be addressed “not in piecemeal form, but in a comprehensive form.”
Some Republicans bristled at that suggestion, saying a push for a comprehensive solution could be a substitute for inaction.
