Republican Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas is firmly opposed to an immigration and foreign aid bill set to see at least some discussion in Congress this week.
The bill was announced this past weekend after four months of negotiations, but Marshall — a guest on KVOE’s Morning Show on Tuesday — said he has no plans to sign it.
The bill will see a vote in the Senate on Wednesday, but it appears highly unlikely there will be any discussion in the House.
If it passes, it’s designed to send over half of the $118 billion funding overseas, including almost $61 billion to Ukraine in its ongoing fight against Russia, as well as $14 billion to Israel in its war against Hamas, $10 billion total in humanitarian aid to Ukraine, Gaza and West Bank and nearly $5 billion to countries in the Indo-Pacific region. Marshall says he wants stand-alone funding for Israel, but he also says the Ukraine situation is at a standstill and he won’t vote for more funding to Ukraine until the United States handles the situation at the southern border.
On the border situation, the Senate plan includes over $20 billion for the US-Mexico border to start new migrant policies and to increase immigration restrictions and enforcement, according to ABC News. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas would be given the power to declare a border emergency under certain circumstances, with additional power to remove migrants or deny entry to migrants within 100 miles of the border during a two-week period from date of entry.
