Top Senate negotiator signals progress on border talks with potential deal this week
Sen. James Lankford said a deal on immigration and border policy could be reached this week, which could unlock more aid to Ukraine in its war against Russia.
Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., on Sunday said a deal on immigration and border policy could be reached this week.
Lankford, who has been leading negotiations for Senate Republicans on border policy, said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday” that border negotiators are “hoping to get text out by later on this week.”
“Everybody will have time to be able to read and go through it. No one’s going to be jammed in this process,” Lankford said.
Lankford, alongside Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., have held discussions in recent weeks to reach an agreement on toughening asylum laws. House Republicans have demanded new restrictions on migration in order to secure their support for new aid to Ukraine in its war against Russia.
“It’s a matter of trying to be able to get this out,” Lankford said. “But to make law, we’ve got to have a Democrat Senate, a Democratic White House and a Republican House to be able to go through this. So this agreement has to work. Everyone’s counting on this actually working.”
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