No. of Recommendations: 6
If you think this Bill actually fixes the problem then you are not as circumspect as I thought. At best, it is a step in the right direction that sunsets in three years.
When it sunsets, do we get our Ukraine money back?
It's a very big step, one that will dramatically reduce the problem of very large numbers of asylees waiting for several years for a court hearing date - even in just three years. To say nothing of the fact that it's much easier to drop a change to a sunset date into a must-pass bill as an amendment than it ever is to draft something new (hi, Obamacare mandate penalty!).
And no, you don't get the Ukraine money back - because the Ukraine money is being spent to pursue a completely unrelated policy goal. The GOP was successful in forcing the Administration to link Ukraine money with immigration security measures; having achieved their tactical goal of doing so, they're not going to get a "refund" as well.
