House Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said Sunday that it will be “difficult” for Congress to pass President Biden’s $106 billion spending request for aid to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and border security before the calendar turns to 2024.
“I think it’s going to be very difficult to get it done by the end of the year, and the hurdle right now is White House policy on the southern border,” Turner told NBC’s “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker.
“The White House in this package, making — including it as a national security package, recognizing that the southern border is a threat, is included in the funding. But it will require policy changes,” he said.
“Congress would need the law changed to keep the border back to what it was before, you know, maybe ‘Stay in Mexico,’ another type of provision that would secure the southern border.”
The Biden administration has abandoned border policies like Title 42, the pandemic-era health rule that allowed immediate deportations, and the Migrant Protection Protocol — the official name for the “Stay in Mexico” policy, which requires would-be arrivals to wait for them. asylum claims south of the border.
House Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said Sunday that it will be “difficult” for Congress to pass President Biden’s $6 billion aid package. “The White House in this package … included it as a national security package, recognizing that the southern border is a threat, included in the funding. But it will require a policy change,” said Turner.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has urged Congress to reform asylum policy, as Border Patrol officials testified earlier this year about the “unprecedented” and “demoralizing” wave of immigrants flooding the US.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) promised in a “Dear Colleague” letter Sunday night to bring the comprehensive funding request to a vote as soon as next week.
“One of the most important tasks we must complete is taking up and passing a funding bill to ensure that we and our friends and partners in Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific region have the military capabilities necessary to confront and deter our adversaries. and competitors,” Schumer wrote.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in a “Dear Colleague” letter on Sunday night promised to bring the comprehensive funding request to a vote next week. Reuters
“It is also important that we provide humanitarian aid to innocent Palestinian civilians who have nothing to do with Hamas. These national security priorities are interconnected and demand action by a bipartisan Congress.”
Biden’s additional aid requests include $61.4 billion for Ukraine, $14.3 billion for Israel, $13.6 billion for border security, $7.4 billion for Taiwan and Indo-Pacific security assistance, as well as $9 billion in humanitarian aid for Kyiv, the Jewish state and the Gaza Strip. .
A separate $100 million in humanitarian aid was unilaterally approved by Biden for the West Bank and Gaza – despite warnings from government watchdogs that the funds could end up in the hands of terrorist groups.
Biden’s additional aid requests include .4 billion for Ukraine, .3 billion for Israel, .6 billion for border security and billions in humanitarian aid for Kyiv, the Jewish state and Gaza. AFP/Getty Images
The House approved $14.3 billion in security aid for Israel in a separate bill earlier this month, but Schumer refused to bring the measure to the Senate floor even though a group of Senate Republicans supported separate Ukraine funding.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) tried to “branch out” military aid to the two war-torn nations shortly after winning the gavel on Oct. 25 while also supporting efforts to combine funding for the U.S. and Ukrainian borders.
“We understand that we are a great power that needs to help and ensure that freedom remains, but we need to take care of our own home first. And securing our borders is an important priority for the American people,” he told Fox News shortly after approving an aid package for Israel.
The president expressed hope that the four-day pause, which also allowed humanitarian aid to reach the Gaza Strip, would be extended and more hostages would be allowed out of the war zone. Reuters
In an interview with The Post Nov. 9, Johnson reaffirmed his commitment to approve funding for Ukraine with appropriate safeguards, adding that it would be “pure poetry” to pay for aid with more than $300 billion in seized Russian assets.
He also laid responsibility for the border crisis at Mayorkas’ feet, saying immigration policy could be changed “overnight” but the Biden administration “doesn’t want to do it.”
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has backed Johnson, warning Biden and congressional Democrats that “it will be difficult to get the package across the floor in the Senate without a credible border solution.”
On Sunday, Biden celebrated the release of 17 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza — including a 4-year-old American girl whose parents were killed during the terrorist group’s Oct. 7 attack. Reuters
But Schumer dismissed the effort as having “injected a decades-old hyper-partisan issue into a deeply bipartisan priority” in his Sunday letter.
“Democrats are willing to work on common sense solutions to address immigration, but purely partisan demands, like in HR 2, undermine the entire package of national security enhancements,” he said, referring to the House Republicans’ border security bill passed in May.
Conservative US religious leaders and groups on Monday sent a letter to Schumer demanding that he “advance legislation to help fund Israel’s defense as soon as possible,” according to a copy of the official letter obtained by Politico.
On Sunday, Biden, 81, celebrated the release of 17 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza — including a 4-year-old American girl whose parents were killed during the terrorist group’s Oct. 7 attack.
Turner said Biden deserves credit but should have made “a condition of this deal that the American people be the first hostages to be released.”
On Monday, Qatar’s foreign minister announced a deal had been reached to extend the ceasefire for another two days, possibly to allow more hostages to be freed.
Turner told Welker Sunday that Biden deserves credit for making sure to stop the bloodshed, but added that the president should have made “a condition of this deal that the American people be the first hostages to be released, especially since American aid is coming in.” Gaza right now.”
“You know, our expectation is that there are 10 Americans held out of 240 hostages,” he said. “For them to be so quick to claim credit for a deal that we don’t know what’s going to come out of this, I just think it’s very dangerous.”
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