The Republican Party in the Senate is prepared to support a funding package for Ukraine’s defense needs, but only after Democrats agree to measures aimed at securing the southern border of the United States with Mexico, according to an interview with Republican Senator Jim Risch. The senator explained the Republicans’ refusal to support the funding package for Ukraine by expressing the desire to emphasize the need to address illegal migration across the southern border of the United States. “It was a vote strictly along party lines on the national security package that we have to get done. We …