Biden hopeful for bipartisan package in Senate on U.S.-Mexico border next week

Shipping containers and concertina wires are used as border fence on the bank of the Rio Grande river in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S., January 17, 2024. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo

(Reuters) -President Joe Biden signaled on Friday that he is hopeful a deal over the U.S.-Mexico border could be worked out next week at least in the Democratic-controlled Senate, and said he was ready to embrace "massive changes."

Republicans in Congress have blocked emergency funding for Ukraine in an effort to push new security policies along the U.S.-Mexico border. They blame Biden's policies for an influx of immigrants into the United States.