House Democrats plan to approve $4.5 billion in emergency funding to address the crisis caused by the migrant surge while US border agency acting head Sanders announces that he's stepping down next month
Acting US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner John Sanders participates in a news conference with US Senator Lindsey Graham on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, May 15, 2019.
The relocation of 250 migrant children from an overcrowded Texas border patrol station, where they were held for weeks in squalid conditions without adequate food and water, has stepped up criticism from immigration activists and Democrats of Republican President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies.first reported that Sanders was resigning. Sanders has led the agency since April, when Trump reshuffled the management of US immigration agencies under the Department of Homeland Security.
Dealing with a surge of migrants at the US-Mexico border has been a priority for Trump but the president has proven unable to push most of his goals through Congress.On Tuesday, US House Democrats said they plan to approve $4.5 billion in emergency funding to address the crisis caused by the migrant surge, but the measure has drawn a veto threat from Trump.
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