A general view shows the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Border Patrol station facilities in Clint, Texas, June 25, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a Senate-passed bill providing $4.6 billion to address a surge of migrants at the U.S. border with Mexico, sending it to President Donald Trump for his signature after Democrats abandoned efforts to add additional migrant protections.
Both the White House and the Republican-controlled Senate opposed the changes House Democratic leaders had proposed, and a number of moderate Democrats also favoured passing the Senate bill without the additional migrant safeguards.
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