House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) promised to demand “transformative policy change” on the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday, just ahead of a planned meeting with President Joe Biden and other leaders on Capitol Hill.
Johnson, who just recently returned from a visit to the border, has said on several occasions that any deal to secure additional funding and aid for Ukraine and Israel would necessarily be tied to funding and policy changes aimed at securing the border.
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Today I will tell President Biden directly: House Republicans are demanding transformative policy change to secure the border.
The American people deserve nothing less. pic.twitter.com/R5g80zlqFa
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) January 17, 2024
Johnson shared a brief video via X ahead of the meeting, along with the caption: “Today I will tell President Biden directly: House Republicans are demanding…
