Representatives from both parties in the US Congress expressed positive expectations regarding negotiations on migration reform, a prerequisite for approving aid to Ukraine and Israel. However, lawmakers give different estimates on the timing of the final agreement.
Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said that a potential agreement on the border issue could be agreed upon as early as this week.
However, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham believes that a vote on a package of military support for Ukraine will not occur in 2023. He stated that the Senate negotiators are still far from an agreement on strengthening migration legislation in exchange for allocating aid to Ukraine. According to him, the approval of the aid package will probably be postponed until next year.
At the same time, more than four dozen members of The Alphen Group, a global association of security experts, have written an open letter to the US Congress urging it to approve additional funding for Ukraine.