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Speaker Johnson, Biden Discuss Border in Phone Call Amid Funding Negotiations

‘Countless children and adults have been victims of human trafficking and cartels have been emboldened.’ Mr. Johnson earlier told the president in a letter.
Speaker Johnson, Biden Discuss Border in Phone Call Amid Funding Negotiations
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 12, 2023. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and President Joe Biden talked over the phone on Jan. 10 about the southern border amid the crisis happening there.

The call came amid negotiations in the Senate on border security policies tied to an aid package for Ukraine and Israel.

Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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