The president of Ukraine will be in Washington on Tuesday to argue for continued US support. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will be on Capitol Hill and at the White House, and he’ll give an address to officers at the National Defense University as he tries to convince Congress to provide more money for weapons before funding runs out. President Joe Biden has asked Congress for $61.4 billion for wartime funding for Ukraine. But as host Marco Werman explains, the request is caught up in a debate over US immigration policy and border security.
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