Amnesty isn’t infrastructure

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As the Biden border crisis continues with no end in sight, Senate Democrats are quietly working around the clock to inject amnesty into a massive spending bill they are selling as an “infrastructure package.”

The bill is slated to be advanced through the little-known budget reconciliation process, which allows the party in power to pass legislation related to the budget with only a simple majority, bypassing the traditional 60-vote threshold. However, the budget reconciliation process has complex requirements, and it is not certain that the inclusion of immigration would pass muster with the Senate parliamentarian.

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