White House open to new asylum limits for Ukraine aid, source says

[Jose Garcia]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (Reuters) - The Biden administration is considering getting behind new restrictions on who can seek asylum and an expanded deportation process to secure new aid for Ukraine and Israel in a supplemental funding bill, a source familiar with discussions said.

The White House and U.S. Congress are racing to strike a deal that would deliver military aid to the two allied nations while discouraging illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border with only a week until lawmakers depart for a Christmas break.

Republicans have refused to approve more Ukraine funding without additional measures to reduce the record number of migrants attempting to cross the U.S. border illegally, leading to a complex negotiation pairing the largely unrelated issues.

President Joe Biden, a Democrat seeking reelection in 2024, said on Wednesday that he would be willing to make significant concessions on border security as Senate Republicans rejected a Democratic aid package with $20 billion in border funding.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-open-new-asylum-limits-ukraine-aid-source-2023-12-07/

[cstanleytech]

1. The Republicans were clearly going to try and make Biden refusing to get involved against him but this

vague agreement kneecaps that.

[maxsolomon]

2. Extortion that will cost Ukrainian lives and threatens their sovereignity.

do the Repukes want a million Ukrainians at the border? if Russia succeeds there will be a mass exodus.