House Speaker Suggests Border Bill May Be 'Dead on Arrival'
Voice of America
FILE - Concertina wire is seen as Republican members of Congress tour the Texas-Mexico border, Jan. 3, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. FILE - President Joe Biden looks towards a large 'Welcome to Mexico' sign over the Bridge of the Americas as he tours the El Paso port of entry, a busy port of entry along the US-Mexico border, in El Paso Texas, Jan. 8, 2023.
President Joe Biden on Friday pressed Congress to embrace a bipartisan Senate deal to pair border enforcement measures with Ukraine aid, but House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested the compromise on border and immigration policy could be "dead on arrival" in his chamber.
FILE - A line of trucks wait to cross the Bluewater Bridge border crossing between Sarnia, Ontario and Port Huron, Michigan, Jan. 29, 2025. FILE - Aerial view of the U.S. Ford factory cars in Cuautitlan Izcalli, Mexico state, Mexico, taken on Jan. 30, 2025. FILE - A drone view shows trucks waiting in line at the Zaragoza-Ysleta border crossing bridge to cross into the US, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Nov. 26, 2024.
FILE - Venezuelan political leader Juan Pablo Guanipa is pictured in Caracas, Nov. 10, 2022.