According to the American congressmen, they want to link the vote for the allocation of aid to Ukraine with the strengthening of the Mexican-American border, in order to first of all solve the problems that the States have, and only then those that Kyiv faces.
The migration crisis in the USA is hindering the decision-making regarding Ukraine
Members of Congress know that the team of American leader Joe Biden is most interested in helping Kyiv.
However, Democrats and Republicans want the president to pay more attention to the migration crisis.
There is nothing extraordinary here that for the approval of a certain draft law it is attached to another... This is one of the ways political parties influence each other to achieve their goals. And frankly, I think we need to improve our border security. We have more than 200,000 illegal immigrants in the last year alone, the Democratic congressman from the state of California, Jim Costa, said in this regard.
According to the members of Congress, official Washington should not forget about its problems and interests against the background of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Republican Michael McCall draws attention to the fact that helping Ukraine in tandem with strengthening the US border will explain to ordinary Americans that supporting partners does not prevent them from solving their problems simultaneously.
The politician considers it a compromise, not blackmail by Joe Biden's team.
If we can get a strong package to secure our border, that will help send a signal to our people here that we can do both. There is no "either-or" choice here, we can not only protect our border, but also protect Ukraine, McCall said.
Was Aid for Ukraine held hostage
It is worth noting that not all American politicians support this approach.
Thus, as one of the Democratic senators claims, connecting Ukraine with the migration crisis in the USA is the same as "holding Ukrainian aid hostage" to American problems.
I think it is very unfortunate that Ukraine and its sovereignty are hostages of a major domestic political problem of the USA. Problems that can be solved, but it will be difficult to do in the next two weeks, he explained.
