Laken Riley’s killing has gripped the nation as the border crisis continues. (ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP via Getty Images)
Budd said in an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital, "We know that the Biden administration would love nothing more than to grant legal status to illegal aliens who are unlawfully living in this country. So I am fighting to defund the ability of the Biden administration to grant any sort of legal status to any illegal alien who commits crimes like assaulting a law enforcement officer; as well as theft and shoplifting."
HOUSE PASSES $1.2T GOVERNMENT SPENDING BILL TO AVERT GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
Three GOP Senate sources told Fox News Digital that a specific obstacle to consideration of the immigration-related amendments is Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., who frequently postures himself as a moderate and is up for re-election in a competitive match-up in November. The sources detailed he is particularly against being on record on the Laken Riley Act.
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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"Anything that can pass would send the bill back to the House," a source in Schumer's office shared with Fox News Digital.
If any amendments to the spending package are passed, the bills would head back to the House to be voted on again. This would ultimately trigger a partial shutdown, which the Senate negotiators were hoping to avoid.
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