🇺🇸 The Biden administration is ready to make concessions to the Republicans in order to unblock aid to Ukraine, – Reuters.

Among their demands are new restrictions on asylum seekers and the expansion of the deportation process. According to the news agency, a bipartisan group of senators is already working on an agreement, but time is running out.

"Republicans have refused to approve more Ukraine funding without additional measures to reduce the record number of migrants attempting to cross the U.S. border illegally, leading to a complex negotiation pairing the largely unrelated issues.", Reuters writes.

White House spokesperson Angelo Fernandez Hernandez said Biden has made it clear "the border is broken" and that Congress should take action to fix it.

"The president has said he is open to compromise," he said in a statement.

Democratic Senator Chris Coons said Thursday the gap between his party and Republicans remains "stubbornly large" but that he remains optimistic they can find common ground.

White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre criticized Republicans during a press briefing on Thursday.

"They are playing chicken with our national security," she said.

"History will remember them harshly."

Republican Senator Thom Tillis, part of the bipartisan group trying to hash out a border security compromise, told reporters on Wednesday that any proposal would have to cut illegal immigration at least by half and that he did not know if a deal could be reached before Christmas.

"We’ve got a lot more work to do," he said.

🗓Congress will go on vacation after December 14, and military aid must be approved by then to avoid funds running out to support Ukraine.