Analysts looking through the new border security deal in the Senate say it includes waivers that would let Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano refuse to build any new fencing or install the new technology the plan lays out in close detail.
The senators who struck the deal late this week said they were trying to take the decision-making away from the Obama administration and ensure that new fencing and technology would be deployed, but the latest version gives Ms. Napolitano or her successors the ability to waive or ignore those requirements.
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A number of Republicans said they didn’t trust Ms. Napolitano, who has already declared the border secure, to do what the GOP thought was needed.
Democrats, meanwhile, have fought to keep out elements that would delay the full pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
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