The administration of US President Joe Biden is considering the possibility of strengthening migration policy to ensure that Congress approves new aid to Ukraine and Israel. Reuters reports this with reference to a source in the White House.

According to the source, the government and lawmakers (who are on Christmas vacation in a week) are ready to conclude an agreement that will provide military aid to the two countries and at the same time prevent illegal immigration across the US-Mexico border.

The White House agrees to raise the standards for initial asylum screening, the source told the agency. The Biden administration is also considering introducing a "safe third country" provision that would deny asylum to migrants who pass through another country on their way to the United States, he said.

Another possible point of the agreement could be to strengthen the deportation process known as "expedited removal." According to a Reuters source, this right would be applied throughout the country, not just at the border, as it is now.