Speaker Johnson demands hard-line policies during a border visit as Ukraine aid hangs in the balance
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January 3, 2024
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson led about 60 fellow Republicans in Congress on a visit Wednesday to the Mexican border to demand hard-line immigration policies in exchange for backing President Joe Biden's emergency wartime funding request for Ukraine. He expressed serious doubts about whether he would support a bipartisan compromise.
The trip to Eagle Pass, Texas, came as the Senate engages in delicate negotiations in hopes of striking a deal.
With the number of illegal crossings into the United States topping 10,000 on several days last month, the border city has bee...
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