James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
12:55 P.M. EDT
MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. It’s been awhile. I feel like somebody taller than me may have been in here more recently. Let’s see. Well, happy what day is today? Tuesday. (Laughter.) Happy Tuesday to all of you. We haven’t been in here since last Tuesday.
So just a couple of items for all of you at the top. I wanted to provide a brief update on the situation at our southern border. After four years of an immigration system rooted in destructive and chaotic policies, President Biden is taking the challenge head on and is building a fair, orderly, and humane immigration system; that’s our objective.
What’s going on: Biden is expected to outline a package called the American Families Plan during a speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, which will focus on human infrastructure, such as child care and education.
The president sees the package as a way to help families get on a stronger footing than they were prior to the pandemic.
But a number of Democrats want to go well beyond what Biden is expected to propose, including in areas such as tax credits for families, unemployment insurance and health care.
The scrambling means there will likely be a complicated fight that makes it more difficult to get a package through the House and Senate and to Biden’s desk for his signature, particularly if the White House is seeking to keep its overall cost down. And it will open up the Democrats to more attacks from Republicans, who are eager to prove that fiscal discipline is still a desirable quality among politicians.
Jumbo Package: Can Alabama match Miami’s draft record?
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Happy Tuesday, everyone. The NFL Draft is only a couple days away, and Alabama has a very realistic chance to match the 2001 Miami Hurricanes class with six first round picks. Related
Quarterback Mac Jones is the consensus first Tide player off the board to the 49ers at No. 3, while Patrick Surtain has been heavily tied to the Cowboys at No. 10. There is less certainty about DeVonta Smith and Jaylen Waddle, but both players are expected to be chosen within the first half of Thursday night’s first round.
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