Open to compromise: Biden is ready to give in to Republicans to help Ukraine

The White House is open to concessions on migration to help Ukraine/Collage 24 Channel

The Biden administration is considering new restrictions on who can seek asylum and expanding the deportation process. The main goal is to provide new aid to Ukraine and Israel in the additional funding bill.

Republicans have not approved increasing funding for Ukraine without additional measures. They are interested in reducing the record number of migrants trying to cross the US border illegally.

Reaction at the White House

The White House and the US Congress are trying to reach an agreement providing for the provision of military assistance to Ukraine and Israel. At the same time, it helps prevent illegal migration across the southern border with Mexico.

Biden said on December 6 that he would be willing to make significant concessions on border security.

The President said he was open to compromise, said White House spokesman Angelo Fernandez Hernandez.

The White House will consider raising the standards for initial screening of asylum applicants.

At the same time, White House Speaker Karine Jean-Pierre criticized Republicans.

They are playing with national security, history will remember them strictly, said Jean-Pierre.

The US Presidential Administration is also considering some form of “safe third country” rule that could deny asylum to migrants passing through another country on their way to the United States.

House and Senate adjourn 14 December due to Christmas holidays. This leaves little time to pass laws.

US Aid for Ukraine: What is Known

• The US Senate on the evening of December 6 put to a vote the issue of assistance to Ukraine, but the bill was blocked. However, active work with colleagues and partners in the United States continues. There is a possibility that by Christmas the US Congress will still support an agreed package that will include defense, budgetary, humanitarian and energy assistance for Ukraine for 2024.
• US National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby reacted sharply at the briefing to the failed Senate vote. He said that if Russia is not stopped, Putin will not abandon his imperialist plans, and in the future Russia may attack NATO's eastern flank. Under such conditions, the blood of American soldiers may be shed.
• At the same time, the White House announced an additional security support package estimated at $175 million. Washington's aid package includes weapons to help the Armed Forces fight back against Russian occupiers.