June 27, 2019 8:35 AM

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US House approves funding bill for migrant care at border with Mexico

<span style="color: #222222;">In the United States, Republican-led Senate approved bipartisan legislation to address the humanitarian crisis along the US-Mexico border with more than 4 billion dollar in supplemental funds and new requirements for the care of detained migrants, especially children. <br />''<br />''The approval comes less than 24 hours after the House of Representative passed a measure that was similar but had more restrictions on how the Trump administration could use the money. That House bill was rejected in the Senate. <br />''<br />''Meanwhile, President Donald Trump said, the Democrats wanted open borders. On other hand a senior Democrat leader said, their bill was needed to counter the administration's policies.<br />''<br />''The funding bill battle comes amid outrage over photos showing a drowned migrant father and daughter at the US-Mexico border, and days after reports emerged of detention facilities where migrant children were being held in horrific conditions.</span><br />

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