The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote today on a bill that could further send $4.5 billion to alleviate substandard humanitarian conditions in migrant facilities at the southwestern border. However, Democratic lawmakers are divided on the provisions in the bill that many feel give President Trump too much leeway to use the funds to increase border enforcement, as reported by the New York Times.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., met with several congressional Democrats on Monday evening to discuss the rift over the bill which, if passed, could quickly send money to several migrant programs that are running out of cash. Many progressive Democrats wanted further restrictions in the legislation that would stop Trump from being able to funnel the funds toward border enforcement programs. Others felt that the humanitarian crisis at the border mandated that they no longer delay the bill, however imperfect. Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee Nita M. Lowey, D-N.Y, encouraged voting on the bill in its current form to expedite funding to aid migrants saying, “We cannot allow our anger at this president to blind us to the horrific conditions at facilities along the border as the agencies run out of money.”