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00:00 About 60 Republicans from the U.S. Congress visited the Mexican border Wednesday to demand
00:05 hard-line immigration policies from the Biden administration.
00:09 They painted Biden and Democrats as weak on immigration policies ahead of the Republican
00:13 presidential primaries, which start this month.
00:16 SEN.
00:17 TIM MCCORMICK (R-TX): Under President Biden, America has laid out a welcome mat to illegal
00:20 immigrants, smugglers and cartels.
00:22 He is responsible for the grave threat to our national security and our nation's sovereignty
00:28 that these policies have created.
00:29 The U.S.-Mexico border recorded spikes of as many as 10,000 illegal crossings on several
00:35 days last month, straining the resources of U.S. border authorities.
00:40 House Speaker Mike Johnson called for transformational changes to border and immigration policies,
00:46 including the complete closure of the U.S.-Mexico border.
00:50 On Tuesday night, however, Biden placed the blame for the crisis on the backs of Republicans.
00:55 In Washington, the fight over the Mexico border has broad implications for a slew of international
01:06 issues.
01:07 A group of senators is meeting with Biden this week to hash out a bipartisan deal of
01:12 how to solve the migrant crisis.
01:15 An agreement would unlock Republican support for Biden's $110 billion package for Ukraine,
01:20 Israel and other U.S. security priorities.
01:23 For Ukraine, it would mean that Biden could fulfill his promise to back the country as
01:28 long as it takes in its fight against Russia.
01:31 The National Security Council warned Wednesday that, without new funding, U.S. support for
01:35 Ukraine has already run out.
01:37 REP.
01:38 JOSEPH BIDEN (D), Presidential Candidate: I'm not aware of any Band-Aid fix that can
01:40 be done.
01:41 I mean, I don't want to -- I don't want to get ahead of the decision-making process here.
01:46 I mean, we're going to do what we can to continue to support Ukraine.
01:49 NARRATOR: Nonetheless, Johnson expressed serious doubts about whether he would support a bipartisan
01:54 compromise.