The American president hopes that at least in the upper house of Congress the agreement will be ratified next week. But there are questions for the speaker of the lower house, who is threatened by fellow party members to be removed from office.
US President Joe Biden hopes that a border agreement on which aid to Ukraine is tied will be drafted in the Senate next week. He said this on Friday, January 19, Reuters reports.
Biden noted that this requires “significant policy changes.”
“I think we can get something done next week, at least in the Senate, and I hope it’s going to be a bipartisan package. Now the question is for the speaker and the House Republicans, are they ready to act as well. ?” he said. audience of assembled mayors. at the White House.
In the US House of Representatives, where Republicans have a slim majority, some conservatives have threatened to remove Speaker Mike Johnson if he tries to pass a border security deal as part of the Ukraine aid package.
On Friday, Biden acknowledged that changes to immigration policy are needed.
“I believe we need significant changes in border policy, including changes in our asylum system,” he said.
Biden was previously reported to have made concessions on Ukraine’s behalf and agreed to strengthen immigration policy to avoid further criticism and provide aid to Ukraine. However, possible Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump opposed the border compromise agreement, on which the allocation of money to Ukraine depends.
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