Mitch McConnell admits $118billion border bill is DEAD just two days after a deal was reached: Republican leader facing calls to resign admits 'we have no chance to make a law' in farcical scenes in Congress

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell declared nan $118 cardinal separator measure dormant conscionable 2 days aft nan woody was reached aft Republican pushback triggered much madness successful Congress. 

House Speaker Mike Johnson instantly deemed nan bipartisan Senate border woody 'dead connected arrival' and astatine slightest 22 Republicans successful nan Senate were expected to ballot against nan monolithic bill. 

'It's been made beautiful clear to america by nan speaker will not go law,' McConnell said Tuesday. 'It looks to me, and astir of our members, is that we person nary existent chance present to make a law.' 

McConnell is besides facing aggregate calls to resign, including from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, arsenic Republicans turned their fury onto nan 81-year-old.

Three main negotiators for nan separator information package, Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.), Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), unveiled nan matter of nan sprawling woody connected Sunday.

But Republican infighting tanked nan discuss arsenic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to bring nan first procedural ballot to nan level connected Wednesday.

Knives are retired for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is facing overmuch of nan fury from Republicans opposing nan measure aft he insisted past twelvemonth that separator argumentation changes beryllium included successful nan backing package for embattled countries. 

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) said nan Republican Party 'NEEDS NEW LEADERSHIP – NOW.'

'This feels for illustration an elaborate applicable joke. But it's not funny. Not 1 bit,' Lee posted to X, formerly Twitter. I cannot understand really immoderate Republican would deliberation this was a bully idea—or thing different than an unmitigated disaster.

The $118 cardinal deal, backed by nan White House, includes $14 cardinal successful assistance to Israel, $60 cardinal to Ukraine and besides $20 cardinal for securing nan confederate separator amid a monolithic summation successful forbidden migration. It besides includes billions for captious partnerships successful nan Indo-Pacific, including Taiwan.

Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Sen. Steve Daines was nan first among nan precocious chamber's activity to reason nan measure connected Monday, writing: 'I can't support a measure that doesn't unafraid nan border, provides payer funded lawyers to forbidden immigrants and gives billions to extremist unfastened borders groups. I'm a no.'

Instead, Daines said nan measure should reinstate pandemic-era Title 42, Remain successful Mexico policies and separator wall construction.

When nan bill's matter was released connected Sunday, President Joe Biden said successful a statement: 'I powerfully support it.'

Donald Trump insisted that only a 'fool aliases a extremist near Democrat' would really ballot for nan 'horrendous' separator package.

'This Bill is simply a awesome gift to nan Democrats, and a Death Wish for The Republican Party,' Trump posted to his Truth Social relationship connected Monday. 'It takes nan HORRIBLE JOB nan Democrats person done connected Immigration and nan Border, absolves them, and puts it each squarely connected nan shoulders of Republicans.'

'Don't beryllium STUPID!!!' nan erstwhile president continued. 'We request a abstracted Border and Immigration Bill. It should not beryllium tied to overseas assistance successful immoderate way, shape, aliases form! The Democrats collapsed Immigration and nan Border. They should hole it.'

House Republicans are particularly not connected committee pinch nan woody and could descend it erstwhile it goes to nan little enclosure for reconciliation.

'Any Republican voting for this Senate America past unfastened separator amnesty measure must beryllium paid disconnected by overseas interests and is acting arsenic a overseas agent,' Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posted to X, formerly Twitter. 'What an embarrassment! Shame connected them!!'

Former Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry (R-Pa.) called nan woody a 'dumpster fire.' 

Sen. J.D. Vance posted: 'The House is impeaching Mayorkas adjacent week while nan Senate will beryllium voting to springiness him monolithic discretion to ...not enforce nan border. Why would immoderate Republican ballot for this?'

The measure would instruction nan separator beryllium unopen if location are 5,000 encounters complete nan people of a week aliases 8,500 migrants encountered successful a azygous day. But galore Republicans don't deliberation this goes acold enough.

And House Republican activity made it clear complete nan play that nan package doesn't person backing successful nan little chamber.

'I've seen enough,' Speaker Johnson (R-La.) wrote connected X. 'This measure is moreover worse than we expected, and won't travel adjacent to ending nan separator catastrophe nan President has created.'

'As nan lead Democrat negotiator proclaimed: Under this legislation, 'the separator ne'er closes,' Johnson added. 'If this measure reaches nan House, it will beryllium dormant connected arrival.'

Meanwhile, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) wrote, 'Let maine beryllium clear: The Senate Border Bill will NOT person a ballot successful nan House.'

'Here's what nan group pushing this 'deal' aren't telling you: It accepts 5,000 forbidden immigrants a time and gives automatic activity permits to asylum recipients—a magnet for much forbidden immigration,' he added.

Donald Trump's eldest boy ranted connected X against nan 'insanity' of nan woody successful a mates of posts.

'Mitch McConnell and James Lankford are trading retired America pinch their Mass Amnesty/Ukraine Bailout deal,' he wrote connected Sunday, adding: 'Pass it on.'

'We cognize that Mitch McConnell is intelligibly not mentally location aft his galore glitches this fall, but to watch him get rolled this measurement and still beryllium successful 'Republican leadership' is genuinely embarrassing for our party,' he said successful a Monday post.

'Was location immoderate GOP guidance to a Dem dream bill?' Donald Trump Jr. questioned.

Additionally, respective progressives are besides expected to reason nan scheme – for illustration Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who said Sunday that he is against nan package owed to nan backing for Israel.

And pro-immigration and Hispanic lawmakers are taking purpose astatine overhauls made to nan migration policy.

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) called nan measure a 'new type of Trump-era policies that will origin much chaos astatine nan border.'

The White House intervened pinch separator negotiations successful nan Senate, pinch Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas going to Capitol Hill for discussions contempt nan House launching an impeachment enquiry against him astatine nan aforesaid time.

In December, nan U.S. saw nan highest number of migrants arrested astatine nan U.S. separator pinch Mexico arsenic much than 302,000 were apprehended by Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

When surgery down by day, astir 10,000 migrants crossed each time from Mexico into nan U.S. successful December, which is 5,000 much than nan cutoff nan caller measure would establish. 

Former President Donald Trump urged Congress to wantonness nan woody moreover earlier nan matter was released complete nan weekend.

He lambasted nan woody successful posts connected Truth Social complete caller weeks, saying nan 'horrific' measure is being utilized by Democrats to put nan 'border disaster' onto nan 'shoulders of Republicans.'

'There is zero chance I will support this horrible unfastened borders betrayal of America,' Trump said astatine a rally past weekend. 'A batch of nan senators, they're trying to blasted it connected me. I say, 'that's okay, please blasted it connected me.' I'd alternatively person nary measure than a bad bill.'

Republican colleagues reason that Democrats are pushing to move excessively quickly to get thing passed during an predetermination twelvemonth erstwhile 1 of Biden's biggest pitfalls has been dealing pinch nan ongoing confederate separator crisis.

Sen. Lee and respective different GOP hardliners successful nan Senate person said a 'single weekend' to reappraisal nan monolithic measure 'doesn't count' and is demanding much clip to question and reply witnesses and analyse nan matter earlier a vote.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called it nan 'oldest crippled successful town' bringing nan awesome portion of authorities earlier a recess aliases vacation but 'hopes' Speaker Johnson will springiness nan measure a 'fair shake' if it passes nan Senate.

But Johnson announced Saturday nan House separately will bring a 'clean, standalone' $17 cardinal Israel assistance measure to nan level adjacent week arsenic nan Senate prepares to move guardant its supplemental package.

The Senate's monolithic package includes $6 cardinal to CBP for information enforcement and investigations relating to 'migration surges on nan southwest border' and 'counter-fentanyl activities.'

But complete $40 cardinal will beryllium allotted to 'respond to nan situations' successful Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan.

It besides contains a proviso that would contradict backing to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees successful nan Near East (UNRWA) aft contention complete galore employees' engagement successful Hamas' October 7 attacks connected Israel.

Biden supports nan legislation.

'Now we've reached an statement connected a bipartisan nationalist information woody that includes nan toughest and fairest group of separator reforms successful decades. I powerfully support it,' he wrote successful a Sunday statement.

The president added: 'It will make our state safer, make our separator much secure, dainty group reasonably and humanely while preserving ineligible immigration, accordant pinch our values arsenic a nation.'

He went connected to opportunity that he hopes Republicans extremity 'playing politics' pinch nan border.

'I've made my decision. I'm fresh to lick nan problem. I'm fresh to unafraid nan border. And truthful are nan American people. I cognize we person our divisions astatine location but we cannot fto partisan authorities get successful nan measurement of our responsibilities arsenic a awesome nation,' he added. 

The White House insists nan woody will institute 'the toughest and fairest group of reforms to unafraid nan separator we've ever had successful our country' and springiness Biden caller executive authority to 'shut down nan border.' 

Biden's property caput Karine Jean-Pierre said during nan regular briefing Monday that Speaker Mike Johnson must 'step up' and supply nan 'authorities' needed to unafraid nan border. 

But Johnson has said Biden could return executive action to 'immediately' reverse nan 'catastrophe' astatine nan separator - and doesn't request Congress' help.

He has said Biden 'falsely claimed' he needs Congress to walk a caller rule to let him to adjacent nan confederate border. 'He knows that is untrue,' Johnson said successful a statement. 

Biden said successful a written connection that nan woody would let him 'a caller emergency authority' to adjacent nan border. He added: 'And if fixed that authority, I would usage it nan time I motion nan measure into law.' 

Trump besides insisted Congress did not request to walk authorities and that nan executive branch already has nan authority it needs to unafraid nan border. 

'I had nan safest and astir unafraid Border successful U.S. History. I didn't request a 'Bill!' They are utilizing this horrific Senate Bill arsenic a measurement of being capable to put nan BORDER DISASTER onto nan shoulders of nan Republicans. The Democrats BROKE THE BORDER, they should hole it. NO LEGISLATION IS NEEDED, IT'S ALREADY THERE!!!' he wrote connected Truth Social. 

Johnson said nan House won't return up nan authorities unless it ends catch-and-release and reinstates nan Remain successful Mexico program. 

'It is interesting, Republicans 4 months ago, would not springiness backing for Ukraine for Israel and for our confederate separator because we demanded changes successful policy. So we really locked arms together and said, We're not going to springiness you money for this. We want to alteration nan law,' Sen. James Lankford, Okla., said connected Fox News complete nan weekend. 

'A fewer months later, erstwhile we're yet going to nan end, they're like, 'Oh, conscionable kidding. I really don't want to alteration successful rule because nan statesmanlike predetermination year,'' he went on. 

Back location Lankford was censured complete nan play by nan Oklahoma GOP, which threatened to retreat support for him if he did not 'cease and desist jeopardizing nan information and liberty of nan group of Oklahoma.' 

'The truth that [Trump] would pass to Republican senators…that he doesn't want america to lick nan separator problem because he wants to blasted Biden for it is really appalling,' Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), an anti-Trump senator, told reporters past week. 

'If we neglect to get this passed, I'm going to record precisely nan aforesaid measure if Trump wins and we person a mostly of nan Senate. I'll guarantee you that everybody who's against it. It's each astir authorities and not having nan courageousness to respectfully disagree pinch President Trump and show him: 'This will thief him.' He has requested it before,' Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said. 

'I didn't travel present to person a president arsenic a leader aliases a campaigner arsenic a boss. I came present to walk good, coagulated argumentation that will thief a president who is superior [about] securing nan border.'

Lankford avidly disputed Trump's assertion that nan woody would lead to 'open borders' - and reports that it would let up to 5,000 crossers per time earlier allowing contiguous expulsion.  

'It would beryllium perfectly absurd for maine to work together to 5,000 group a day. This measure focuses connected getting america to zero forbidden crossings a day,' he said. 

The Oklahoma Republican insisted nan woody would summation nan number of separator agents and asylum officers, summation detention beds, extremity drawback and release, up nan number of deportation flights and velocity up asylum screening. 

'It is simply a shutdown of nan separator and everyone really gets turned around. Okay, that's nan attraction that we person correct now. Is really do we really intervene successful this administration, successful move group astir not fto group in,' he said. 

House Freedom Caucus members are enraged by nan deal, claiming it doesn't do capable to curb forbidden migration and surging migration and asylum claims astatine nan confederate border.

'It's clear why Democrats waited until nan past infinitesimal to driblet this dumpster occurrence of a bill, it's acold worse than we could person expected,' erstwhile Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Scott Perry told Fox News Digital. 

'The Senate must cull this American sellout,' he added.

Fellow Freedom Caucus personnel Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) said: 'At first glance, this 'deal' is simply a wolf successful sheep's clothing. This is simply a Ukraine separator deal, not a U.S. separator deal.'

And different Freedom Caucus member, Rep. Eli Crane (R-Ariz.), is captious of Democrats' attachment to nan supplemental assistance connection that would besides allocate $60 cardinal toward Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan to take sides against Russia, Hamas and China, respectively.

'Instead of fighting for a superior measure that combats nan penetration we face, weak-kneed Senate Republicans sewage rolled by Democrats, letting their obsession pinch Ukraine get successful nan measurement of their work to America,' Crane said to Fox.

'This pathetic excuse for [a] separator information woody gives Ukraine 3 times arsenic overmuch arsenic it allocates to nan U.S. border.'