At US-Mexico border, Republicans call for stricter immigration control
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U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson visited the border and discussed the need for updated immigration policies Wednesday.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and dozens of Republican lawmakers visited the southern U.S. border Wednesday, where Johnson called for strict new immigration policies.
Johnson laid out hard-line immigration controls as a condition of support for President Biden's latest request for funding Ukraine's defenses.
Johnson told reporters Wednesday that he would stick closely to policy objectives already laid out by Republicans.
HR 2, a bill House Republicans passed in May without any Democratic votes, would put new restrictions on asylum seekers and restart construction of the wall on the southern border.
"If it looks like HR 2, we'll talk about it," Johnson said about possible immigration legislation from the Senate.
