Congressional negotiations aimed at imposing tougher immigration and asylum laws to approve a broader aid package have seen progress in the past few days, with senators leading the conversations saying they have moved to discussing funding.
"We're at the point of drafting and finalizing text. We don't have an enormous amount of work left to do," said Senator Chris Murphy, leading the negotiations for the Democratic party. He added that it is "possible" that the bill could already be voted on this week.
