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**PRESS RELEASE**For Immediate Release
Contact:Â Dan Gordon , 617-651-0841
Feb. 20, 2024
**New House National Security and Border Bill Falls Short**
**WASHINGTON D.C.** - Five Republicans and five Democrats have
released a supplemental funding bill in the House that would provide
funding for Ukraine and other national security priorities in addition
to border- and immigration-related measures.
The Forum has posted an initial summary of the bill
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"We appreciate bipartisan efforts and solutions, but we have significant
concerns that this bill would cut off humanitarian protections and place
asylum seekers in danger without including workable alternative
pathways," said
**Jennie Murray, President and CEO of the National Immigration Forum**.
"House negotiators would be better served by revisiting border and
immigration provisions in the recent Senate bill, which included
much-needed funding for border security, communities that are receiving
migrants, and the asylum process - bipartisan priorities the new House
proposal does not address. The Senate bill sought to modernize the
asylum system while also providing solutions for Afghan allies,
'documented Dreamers,' and American workforce needs."
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