Border Bill Sees Second Life as GOP Aims to Lock in Trump Agenda

House Republicans are reviving aggressive legislation designed to limit asylum access and bolster border security, moving fast on the heels of their sweeping tax and spending law with more than $150 billion for immigration enforcement.

It’s the return of H.R. 2 — or what was once known as H.R. 2 — the marquee border and immigration bill House Republicans passed in 2023 as a rebuke of President Joe Biden’s policies and the record migrant crossings during his term. The Senate, then controlled by Democrats, never squarely took up the bill.

The House Homeland Security and Judiciary committees are now working ...