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Eric McDaniel

Senate Republicans cast serious doubt on fate of bipartsan immigration deal

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., told reporters that a planned vote on the bipartisan border bill he helped write could be doomed. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

A bipartisan plan to address U.S. asylum and border control policy faces major skepticism Monday as at least two dozen Senate Republicans cast serious doubt on the legislation's chances.

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., one of the negotiators who wrote the bill, told reporters in the Capitol that he does not think a planned Wednesday vote on a motion start debate can be approved.

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