<p>More aid to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukraine</a> must be coupled with &#8220;transformative&#8221; border security reforms, House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) said on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Johnson sent a <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1732060427075387652" target="_blank" rel="noopener">formal letter response</a> to the White House one day after Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-blasts-biden-admin-in-dust-up-over-ukraine-aid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> Congress that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-denies-zelensky-opportunity-to-address-joint-session-of-congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$111 billion</a> in supplemental funds previously allocated to Ukraine for its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine-russia-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fight against Russia</a> are running out.</p>
<p>Congressional Republicans demand the &#8220;enactment of transformative change to our nation’s border security laws,&#8221; Johnson wrote, adding that he made this position clear weeks ago when he visited the White House shortly after he became speaker.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">My response to the White House on their lack of a clearly defined strategy and end game for prevailing in Ukraine and the need for transformative change to our nation’s border security laws: <a href="https://t.co/JZZhIp7K4v">pic.twitter.com/JZZhIp7K4v</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1732060427075387652?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Johnson said the GOP-led House <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed a bill</a> earlier this year that would require the Homeland Security Department to resume <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/senate_republican_working_group_one_pager.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">construction of a border wall</a>, increase visa overstay penalties, implement asylum and immigration parole reform, and much more.</p>
<p>The House &#8220;has led in defining reforms to secure America&#8217;s borders,&#8221; the speaker said, adding that &#8220;Senate Democrats have refused to act on that bill.&#8221; And, Johnson added, the Biden administration &#8220;has ignored reality&#8221; and chosen to &#8220;engage in political posturing&#8221; rather than &#8220;engaging with Congressional Republicans to discuss logical reforms.&#8221;</p>
<p>Senate Republicans have also pushed for immigration reforms, even <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/senate-republicans-unveil-solutions-for-southern-border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drawing ideas from the House-passed bill</a>, in talks with Democrats over giving Ukraine another boost as its war with Russia nears the two-year mark. But those negotiations, geared toward passing Biden&#8217;s roughly <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/whats-bidens-106-billion-supplemental-funding-request-2023-10-20/#:~:text=Oct%2020(Reuters)%20%2D%20U.S.,Indo%2DPacific%20and%20border%20enforcement." target="_blank" rel="noopener">$106 billion</a> supplemental funding request for Ukraine, Israel, and more, recently <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/04/senate-dems-border-talks-are-dead-senate-republicans-theres-still-a-pulse-00129900" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hit a snag</a> because of disagreements on border security.</p>
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<p>&#8220;This is a choice Republicans are making,&#8221; Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1732044540159402417" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X on Tuesday. &#8220;They have decided to play games with world security by requiring their hardline immigration policy demands be met before Ukraine is saved. This isn’t a game. This is the future of the world.&#8221;</p>
<p>Included in Biden&#8217;s <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Final-Supplemental-Funding-Request-Letter-and-Technical-Materials.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">supplemental funding request</a> was more money to bolster his administration&#8217;s border enforcement and management plan, which Young insisted was &#8220;working as intended&#8221; despite a &#8220;fundamentally broken immigration system.&#8221;</p>
<p>After <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-elects-mike-johnson-as-speaker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">taking over as speaker</a> in late October, Johnson endeavored to split up consideration of Biden&#8217;s national security funding asks. The House passed a bill to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-gop-proposes-israel-aid-offset-by-irs-budget-cuts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">offset $14.3 billion</a> in aid for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel</a> by slashing the same amount of funds meant for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/internal-revenue-service-irs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Internal Revenue Service (IRS)</a>.</p>
<p>Senate Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-schumer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chuck Schumer</a> (D-NY) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/schumer-presses-ahead-with-plan-linking-israel-and-ukraine-funds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refused</a> to even consider the measure.</p>
<p>In his letter to the White House on Tuesday, Johnson said another sticking point has to do with &#8220;transparency and accountability for U.S. taxpayer dollars.&#8221;</p>
<p>Congress and the public must be provided more clarity on the Biden administration&#8217;s &#8220;strategy to prevail&#8221; in Ukraine, including &#8220;what specific resources are required to achieve victory and a sustainable peace,&#8221; Johnson said.</p>

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