https://thepoliticsbrief.com/the-bipartisan-border-deal-just-dropped-and-the-senate-republican-behind-it-is-facing-furious-backlash/ Following months of discussions, the U.S. Senate on Sunday announced a $118 billion bipartisan border security bill that would also offer aid to Ukraine and Israel. The bill faces an unclear future due to resistance from Donald Trump and conservative Republicans. The bill includes $60.06 billion to support Ukraine in its war with Russia, $14.1 billion in security assistance for Israel, $20.23 billion for border security, $2.44 billion to US Central Command and the conflict in the Red Sea, and $4.83 billion to support US partners in the Indo-Pacific facing Chinese aggression. An additional $10 billion would go toward humanitarian assistance for populations in Gaza, the West Bank, and Ukraine. The Calvin Coolidge Project provided an overview on X with key points from the “Bipartisan Border Bill” negotiated by Senator James Lankford (R-OK). Senator Lankford heralded the bill on X, where he promptly got “ratioed” by angry commenters. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), nonetheless, has called the bipartisan border bill “dead on arrival.” “If rumors about the contents of the draft proposal are true, it would have be dead on arrival in the House anyway,” Johnson wrote about the ongoing Senate negotiations. According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday, immigration is the second most pressing issue for Americans, and it is particularly important to Republicans. The US Border Patrol arrested around 2 million migrants along the border in fiscal year 2023. Trump, the Republican front-runner to face Biden in the November election, has focused largely on his hostility to immigration. House Republicans are also seeking to impeach Biden’s top border official, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.