Here’s Why the Senate Border Security Bill Was ‘Dead on Arrival’

Published on February 8, 2024

When Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) announced on Sunday, Feb. 4, that he and two colleagues had agreed on a comprehensive border security bill, he lauded it as a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to stop the flood of illegal immigrants entering the United States that began in 2021 under newly-elected President Joe Biden. Mr. Lankford thought that he, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.)—after four months of arduous closed-door negotiations—had done something that recalled the great compromises that once defined the Senate, while also pleasing conservatives and liberals alike. But by Feb. 6, the proposal was, in the words of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.), “dead on arrival.” The speaker said the bill was even “worse than expected.”...

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