United States: Bipartisan border-security and immigration-reform bill failed in Senate

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT
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United States — A bipartisan border-security and immigration-reform bill negotiated by Senators Lankford, Sinema, and Murphy failed a procedural vote in the Senate on 7 February 2024, after opposition from then-former-president Trump. Represented the closest Congress has come to major immigration reform since 2013. Subsequent administrative actions by both the Biden (2024) and Trump (2025) administrations have substituted for legislative change in practice.
Who it affects: Broad US immigration policy — no major legislative reform enacted.
Source: The White House (verified 2026-04-19)