A bipartisan bill was discussed that aimed to address border security issues by hiring 1,500 more security agents and officers, adding 100 immigration judges to handle the backlog of two million cases, and employing 4,300 more asylum officers. The bill also proposed new policies to expedite case resolutions from six years to six months.
During the State of the Union address, President Biden highlighted the benefits of the failed bipartisan border deal, which was met with mixed reactions. Republican Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma acknowledged the factual accuracy of the proposed hires and process improvements outlined by the President.
