Author: Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY

The call, requested by Moscow, comes as U.S. and Russian officials are set to meet next month as tensions continue to rise over Ukraine.

The Department of Homeland Security was forced to restart the program after trying to end it earlier this year. MPP forces migrants to wait in Mexico.

The Biden administration admitted a record low number of refugees for fiscal year 2021, with only 11,411 refugees admitted despite a cap of 62,500.

President Biden was forced to restart the Trump-era immigration policy, called Migrant Protection Protocol or MPP, after trying to end it this year.

This is the second setback Democrats have faced in trying to include immigration in the reconciliation package.

The move comes months after federal judge in Texas ruled the program as illegal and halted accepting any new applications for the program.

“If Congress does not act before cash runs out, the U.S. will default for the first time in its history,” a White House fact sheet said.

Thousands of Afghan citizens are looking to leave the Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. But the options to come to the United States are complicated.

When asked to assess Andrew Cuomo’s tenure as governor aside from the personal behavior, the president praised the New York Democrat.

Vice President Kamala Harris visited a CBP processing facility and will meet with local advocates during her trip to El Paso, Texas, on Friday.