A bipartisan foreign military aid and immigration reform package is teetering ahead of a Wednesday vote in the face of Republican opposition.

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    A bipartisan plan to address U.S. asylum and border control policy faces major skepticism Monday as at least two dozen Senate Republicans cast serious doubt on the legislation’s chances.

    Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., one of the negotiators who wrote the bill, told reporters in the Capitol that he does not think a planned Wednesday vote on a motion start debate can be approved.

    The bill is the result of months of negotiations following GOP demands that Democrats link border policy to President Biden’s request for military aid to Israel and Ukraine.

    “Only a fool, or a Radical Left Democrat, would vote for this horrendous Border Bill,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

    “I hope they didn’t send Senator Lankford and the rest of us out on a fool’s errand,” lead negotiator Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., told reporters.

    “There are certainly some typically Republican-aligned groups that are supportive,” Murphy said, referring to an endorsement from a Border Protection agents’ union, "but Trump seems to be a bit of a puppeteer these days.


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