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The House on Thursday passed the GOPs Secure the Border Act, which would restore construction on a southwest border wall and hinder asylum access.

(The Center Square) – Republicans passed a bill Thursday in the U.S. House to limit immigration at the nations southern border that Democrats said would die in the U.S. Senate.

House Republicans passed H.R.2, the Secure the Border Act, on Thursday afternoon ahead of the Trump-era Title 42 immigration restriction expiring at midnight.

While GOP Congressman Tony Gonzales celebrated the bills passage, he emphasized the job is not done until a border bill "ends up on President Bidens desk."

The vote coincided with the expiration of Title 42, a policy that allowed the U.S. to turn away migrants in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID.

Trump-era restriction set to expire at 12 am Friday.

The House of Representatives passed a border security package that leadership has been struggling to bring to the floor as Title 42 is set to expire.

House Republicans said that the passage of their border bill would send Joe Biden a message about combatting the border crisis.

The House passed a comprehensive border package Thursday, the same day the Biden administration strips border officials of one of the last tools to stem waves of illegal migration.

The House passed legislation along party lines that would restart construction of the border wall and reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols asylum policy.