The senator proposed "for every dollar sent to Ukraine to help in self-defense", an equal amount should be allocated to finance the border security of the United States.
“During fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the Secretary of Homeland Security must spend on efforts to enhance security along the southern U.S. land border the same amount of funds that will be allocated to the Secretary of Defense for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) for that fiscal year,” reads the statement. the text of the bill.
According to Cassidy, Russian assets should be confiscated and directed to these purposes.
In particular, we are talking about the property of Russians and Russian organizations that fell under US sanctions.
“Ensuring the security of our homeland must always be a top priority.
We can simultaneously ensure the security of the border (American. -
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) and take steps to stop Putin, ”the senator said in a comment on the initiative.
Earlier, the head of the US Treasury, Janet Yellen, said that the property seized in connection with anti-Russian sanctions, according to the law, cannot be confiscated in favor of Ukraine.