As has been pointed out before, coffee bean and banana imports aren't a loss to the domestic economy — because they can't be grown here. (Even relying solely on Hawaii, the exception, still wouldn't meet the entire country's demand.)

What the bill does fund, I cover in this report, published before yesterday's House vote: youtu.be/OU2TosrJKwE?...

Governor Mike DeWine is among the Republican governors who has assisted the administration in its efforts, by sending 150 guard members to D.C. Those who NPR spoke to, however, did not take up that voluntary directive.