U.S. Senate panel OKs aid for migrant surge at southern border


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  • Thursday, 20 Jun 2019

FILE PHOTO: Migrants from Central America form a human chain to cross the Rio Bravo river to enter illegally into the United States and turn themselves in to request asylum in El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved $4.6 billion (£3.64 billion) in largely humanitarian aid to address a surge of migrants at the southern U.S. border with Mexico, with a vote expected in the full Senate next week.

The legislation does not contain money for Republican President Donald Trump's border wall construction, and Democrats said it included provisions that would keep the Trump administration from raiding the funds to be used for the wall.

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