Immigrant rights advocates in El Paso sound alarm over 'draconian' Republican proposals

Immigrant rights advocates are sounding the alarm over talks between the White House and U.S. Senate Republicans on border proposals they say would institute a Title 42-like program, reignite family separation and detention, and effectively ban asylum in the country.

Republicans have tied the immigration proposals to a spending package that includes ongoing aid for Ukraine and Israel.

Advocates also are concerned that President Joe Biden seems willing to compromise with Senate Republicans in an effort to pass the spending bill late this year or early next year, a move they said would be a "betrayal" of his commitment to advancing humane solutions to the nation's mass migration woes.