Senate GOP demands immigration reform be added to Israel, Ukraine aid

Senate Republicans say they will refuse to proceed on an Israel-Ukraine funding package if it doesn’t also strengthen security at the U.S. southern border. The refusal, combined with House Republicans’ border and immigration reform demands, means a serious compromise will be necessary to get those three measures approved together.

“I’m not going to vote for a package that doesn’t address the out-of-control nature of our border,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told reporters.

Even Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said border security has to be part of the package if it’s going to pass.