“The White House is going to be more engaged this week,” Sen. Chris Murphy, the Democratic chief negotiator, said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” adding that it was important to know whether President Joe Biden would accept any potential deal. . .

Biden, who will seek re-election in 2024, faces record numbers of migrants trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. Republicans criticized the president for rolling back some of the restrictive measures of former President Donald Trump, his party’s leading candidate for the nomination.

Some Republicans have put forward border provisions that would allow immigrants who cross the border illegally and are unable to seek asylum in the United States to be quickly deported. They also called for deep cuts to Biden’s programs that allowed hundreds of thousands of immigrants to enter the country legally.

Sen. James Lankford, a Republican member of the panel working on the border agreement, said the border is “literally out of control” with 12,000 migrants crossing illegally in one day last week.

Republican Senator J.D. Vance said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he opposes aid to Ukraine. “It is in the best interest of the United States to recognize that Ukraine will have to cede some territory to the Russians, and we must end this war,” Vance said.

Shalanda Young, director of the White House budget office, said on CBS News that refusing aid to Ukraine could encourage Russia to spread the conflict to other US allies in Europe.