Biden Links Ukraine Aid to Immigration Reform, Faces Backlash
• Biden tied Ukraine aid to border security in spending bill, hoping to win GOP support. Backfired when Republicans demanded broad immigration changes.
• Biden now faces choice on how far to go to restrict asylum access to reach deal before Congress recess.
• Ukraine aid package blocked in Senate. Zelenskyy says funding vital for Ukraine's defense.
• White House open to making asylum harder to get. But Republicans want migrants to wait in Mexico, be ineligible.
• Immigration advocates criticize Biden for using communities as "bargaining chip." White House defends linking foreign policy and domestic issues.