Because it takes two parties to tango in Washington. The Republicans preferred keeping it a campaign issue they could run on instead of trying to solve it.explain to us why it took YEARS for this bill to even come to a vote
When Trump was Prez, he preferred 'going it alone' with his stupid border wall that MEXICO was going to fund (ROTFLMAO) to working with Congressional Democrats to do something that could actually make a real difference.
This year's border bill -- crafted by Senate Republicans -- would have made a real difference but Trump told his minions in the House to make it DOA. Surprise, surprise, Donald wanted to run on the issue.