The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Republican Mike Johnson, after a meeting on Tuesday in the Oval Office of the White House with President Joe Biden, emphasizes that the wave of immigrants from the border of the United States with Mexico remains. a “priority” over aid to Ukraine, AFP and CNN report.

Congressmen are “actively seeking” a solution to the aid plan blocked in Congress, but “the country’s priority is our border” with Mexico, Speaker Mike Johnson told the media while leaving the Oval Office, News.ro quotes.

“Intense” dates, but without effect

Senate President Chuck Schumer described a White House meeting with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and other congressional leaders as “one of the most eventful” he’s ever attended because of the “urgency” of the situation.

He said that along with Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell “emphasized how important this is to the United States.”

“We cannot afford to wait a month, two or three months. Because, in all likelihood, we will lose the war” in Ukraine against Russia,” Schumer declares.

This meeting is part of a series of pressures on the Speaker of the House of Representatives to unblock aid intended for Ukraine.

He expressed disappointment that Johnson is trying to tie the financial package intended for Ukraine to the fight against immigration in the American South and emphasized that the Democrats “have a tough plan for border security.”

He noted that Johnson “has been trying to get a deal on (immigration) at the border for six months, and he hasn’t gotten a single Democratic vote.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters at the White House that he believes Congress “must take care of America’s needs first,” which is to address immigration and then address foreign aid.

He refused to vote for a Senate-passed bill that provides funding for the fight against immigration and aid to Ukraine and the Gaza Strip.

Schumer said that during the meeting it was discussed that failure to support Ukraine could lead to the split of NATO and the loss of America’s leadership in the North Atlantic Alliance.

“The leaders of North Korea and Iran will be inspired to believe that the United States is a soft country gone astray, and they will take advantage of that,” the Senate president warned.

At the end of last week, Chuck Schumer visited Ukraine together with the delegation of the American Congress.

He said he was “shocked” by the fact that Ukrainians are “fighting without weapons against a brutal dictator.” (News.ro)