Sinema said next year she will 'convene a bipartisan group of senators who are willing and committed to get something done.'
Arizona's two senators joined a chorus of U.S. lawmakers calling for and vowing to seek bipartisan compromise on immigration and border security as Congress began to wrap up its current session and prepared to return to Washington next month under a divided government where cooperation will be necessary to advance any meaningful legislation.
Sinema and Kelly made their remarks at the U.S. Capitol at the same time that the U.S. Supreme Court, located across the street, was determining whether to allow a pandemic-era health rule known as Title 42 to expire along the U.S-Mexico border. "Our state is left to deal with crisis after crisis at the border, including the one we're facing right now, where record numbers of border crossings are straining law enforcement and it's straining humanitarian organizations," Kelly said."This is unsustainable. And a change to Title 42, to the Title 42 authority now is only going to make these challenges worse."
Despite bipartisan support for the framework agreement, Sinema and Tillis ran out of time to collect the support from the 60 senators needed to pass the bill. Instead, lawmakers will spend the final few days of the current legislative session trying to avoid a government shutdown and pass a budget.
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