~6 0~p>The administration of US President Joe Biden is considering supporting a number of Republican demands.
The administration of US President Joe Biden may support new restrictions in asylum seekers and expand the deportation process so that Republicans still support additional funding for Ukraine and Israel.
Reuters writes about this.
The publication's sources noted that the White House will consider the idea of a “safe third country” that would deny asylum to migrants passing through another country on their way to the United States.
Another aspect of the upcoming agreement could be a rapid deportation process that would apply throughout the country, not just at the border.
Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of senators who want to reach an agreement are discussing a quantitative limit on asylum requests. The Biden administration's position on this matter remains unclear.
The Republican-led House plans to adjourn before December 14th for the Christmas holiday, leaving less than a week to decide on aid. The Democratic-led Senate has a similar schedule.
Disastrous vote in the Senate – what is known
A bill to provide new security aid to Ukraine and Israel was blocked in the US Senate on Wednesday as Republicans pressed their demands for stronger immigration controls at the US border with Mexico.
In the vote that would have paved the way for the start of debate on the bill, the votes were split this way – 45 in favor and 48 against, meaning the $110.5 billion package was allocated failed to obtain the 60 votes required to pass the document.
It is from this aid package that more than $60 billion should be allocated for Ukraine.
Shortly before the failure of this procedural vote in the Senate, US President Joe Biden appeared before Congress and called for approval of further funding for assistance to Ukraine as soon as possible – before the start of the Christmas holiday. Biden said that agreement on assistance to Kyiv cannot wait.
According to Western media, Russian President Putin is not going to make concessions in the near future, because he wants to see whether Western military assistance will be reduced next year and who will become the new US president.
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