And the majority of the bill had nothing to do with securing the border. Most of the money was dedicated towards settling the ones that already came across.
Absolutely, it was essentially a poison pill for Republicans, and was rightly defeated. The whole idea of giving the Biden administration money to enforce the border is a joke. No matter what limits our side might put on these funds, Mayorkas would just use the money to fund more illegals. We have plenty of laws to control immigration, and money appropriated for the task. The only way you are going to control the border is to have an administration that wants the border controlled. That would be a Trump administration.