Senate Races to Finish Border Talks, Pass Ukraine, Israel Aid

WASHINGTON—Senate Republicans and Democrats are headed for a showdown over the government’s power to admit immigrants into the U.S. on humanitarian grounds, one element of tougher border restrictions GOP lawmakers are demanding to win their support for President Biden’s aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. 

While bipartisan talks have made progress on tightening the initial screening process for migrants seeking asylum—a central demand of Republicans—a separate policy known as humanitarian parole has now emerged as a sticking point in negotiations, lawmakers said.