US House passes $4.5bn emergency aid package for migrants held at border

Bill to support families and children, passed along party lines, sets up clash with Senate as White House threatens veto

The US House of Representatives has passed a $4.5bn emergency border aid package to care for thousands of migrant families and unaccompanied children detained after crossing the US-Mexico border.

The bill passed on Tuesday along party lines, after the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, quelled a mini-revolt by progressives and Hispanic lawmakers who sought significant changes to the legislation. New provisions added to the bill were more modest than what those lawmakers had sought, but the urgent need for the funding, to prevent the humanitarian emergency on the border from turning into a debacle, appeared to outweigh any lingering concerns.

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