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Prominent Democratic Latinos in Congress looked on quietly at first, raising concerns as negotiations over border security and asylum restrictions have progressed

At first, prominent Democratic Latinos in Congress quietly raised concerns about negotiations between the Biden administration and a group of senators over border security and asylum restrictions. Now, some of

Latino Democratic senators have found themselves on shifting ground in the debate over immigration as the Democratic president, who is reaching for a border deal as part of his $110 billion package for Ukraine, Israel and other national security needs, has tried to reduce the historic numbers of people arriving at the U.S. border with Mexico

'A return to Trump-era policies is not the fix,' said Sen. Padilla, one of the Democratic Latino lawmakers opposed to Biden's border security deal that they say left out 'pro-immigration changes.'

Democrats are questioning why the Senate negotiations did not include any meaningful consideration of providing pathways to citizenship for longtime immigrants...