Johnson casts doubt on border deal to unlock aid to Ukraine, challenging Biden

A White House meeting between the president and congressional leaders failed to break the impasse on aid Ukraine, the Republican president having insisted on tougher repression of immigration.

President Mike Johnson spoke out Wednesday against President Biden's efforts to revive stalled legislation to send aid to Ukraine, saying the Republican-led House wouldn't accept it unless Democrats agreed. a much harsher crackdown on the U.S.-Mexico border than they were prepared to contemplate.

Mr. Johnson's latest ultimatum casts further doubt on the chances of Congress approving Mr. Biden's request for tens of billions of dollars in emergency security aid to help Ukraine fight Russia. /p>

Republicans have insisted that such a package be coupled with measures to crack down on migration at the southwest border, and a bipartisan group of senators has done so. considerable progress in finding a compromise to achieve this. But this plan has no way of passing if the House, where a large far-right contingent is pushing for even tougher immigration policies, refuses to accept it.

"I said 'I told the president what I've been saying for many months, which is that we need to have a change at the border, a substantial policy change,'" Mr. Johnson to reporters after a meeting with Mr. Biden and other congressional leaders at the White House. , adding: "We must insist - we must insist - that the border is the top priority."

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