Senate Democrats trim $1 Billion from Obama Border Plan .. GOP wants the Law Changed to SPEED UP Deportations as Part of the Plan

Senate Democrats unveiled a $2.7 billion emergency spending bill to address the flow of undocumented children along the U.S. Southwest border, a billion dollars less than President Obama requested.

Senate Appropriations Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., announced the package late Tuesday, saying the legislation will be released Wednesday. Notably absent is a policy change to an existing 2008 law that would make it easier to return the children to their home countries.

Republicans say the policy change is vital for passage, and while the Obama administration has said it could support it, immigration advocates and congressional Democrats oppose it.

Congress has just two weeks to resolve the impasse before they adjourn for the August break. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has said critical federal agencies will begin to run out of money by mid-August if Congress does not act. Since October, more than 40,000 children from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador have turned themselves in at the border, overwhelming the federal government's resources.

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