Biden To Visit US-Mexico Border On Same Day Trump Visits

[Webster]

(The Guardian) Biden to visit US-Mexico border on same day as Trump
Joe Biden is set to make a rare visit the US-Mexico border on Thursday to meet with US border patrol agents, law enforcement and local leaders, a White House official said.

The president will travel to the southern border city of Brownsville, Texas, according to the official, on the same day that Donald Trump has already scheduled a border trip, the New York Times reported.

Biden will reiterate calls for congressional Republicans to provide the funding needed for additional US border patrol agents, more asylum officers, fentanyl detection technology and more, Reuters cited the White House official as saying.

Trump is expected to be in Eagle Pass, Texas, on the same day, according to reports.

 

[Mad Hatter]

Not even a bored screen writer could come up with this. Too late for senile old Biden, he has been 100% incompetent as to the border crisis. He will not be forgiven. But he is so far along in his dementia, I doubt that he will even remember he was at the border today.

 

[Webster]

Not even a bored screen writer could come up with this. Too late for senile old Biden, he has been 100% incompetent as to the border crisis. He will not be forgiven. But he is so far along in his dementia, I doubt that he will even remember he was at the border today.

I think its' later in the week but still, Pres. Puddinghead ain't the brightest bulb in the Old Folks Home....

 

[passenger]

Kinda irksome that the national news media just about always say "The Border" like it's one specific spot.
The drama of these two men bumping into each other.........like just across the street, "on The Border".
When in reality Brownsville TX and Eagle Pass TX are a little over 300 miles apart. going back to sleep now

 

[Webster]

(The Guardian) Biden, Trump head to US-Mexico border with immigration top issue in 2024 race
Joe Biden and Donald Trump will both be in Texas today to visit the US border with Mexico, amid public frustration over undocumented migrants crossing into the country. The visits by the current and former president come after a bargain to implement hardline policies meant to keep migrants out coupled with new military aid to Ukraine and Israel fell apart in Congress, leaving the fate of these national security priorities uncertain. Yet all signs point to continued public anxiety about the state of the southern border – this week, Gallup released polling that showed immigration was the top problem on the public’s mind.

Trump has long promised to implement draconian policies against undocumented migrants, and did so during his presidency. Biden, meanwhile, promised a more humane approach, but struggled to deal with a surge in border crossings that began after he took office, and the Republican attacks that accompanied them. We’ll keep an eye out for what the two men may say when they arrive in Texas. The president gets there this afternoon.

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Biden to press for passage of immigration bill in Texas border visit
Joe Biden will arrive in Brownsville, Texas, at about 2.30pm ET, and is scheduled to received briefings from federal agents at the border, and then give a speech at 4.30pm.

Ahead of his visit, the White House released a memo arguing for passage of a bipartisan Senate compromise announced earlier this month that would have tightened immigration policy, and also sent military aid to Ukraine and Israel.

Republicans ultimately stopped passage of the bill, which the Biden administration is quick to note in its memo: President Biden has repeatedly said he is willing to work in a bipartisan way to secure the border and fix our broken immigration system. Over several months, his Administration negotiated with a bipartisan group of Senators to release a bill that includes the toughest and fairest reforms to secure the border we have had in decades. It would make our country safer, make our border more secure, and treat people fairly and humanely while preserving legal immigration, consistent with our nation’s values. The bill received support from the Border Patrol Union, the Chamber of Commerce, the South Texas Alliance of Cities, and the Wall Street Journal – but Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans have decided to play politics at the expense of border security.