Biden lands in Texas during first trip to southern border as president | USA TODAY

President Joe Biden was met by Governor Greg Abbott as he landed in El Paso, Texas in first trip to the southern border as president.

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President Joe Biden faced pleas for help in addressing the migrant crisis as he traveled Sunday to the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time since taking office, visiting El Paso, where migrants are sleeping on the streets.

Biden walked along a section of the rust-colored border wall that separates El Paso from Juarez, Mexico, and met with local officials, community leaders and others who are dealing daily with the humanitarian crisis. “They need a lot of resources," he told reporters who asked what he learned. "We're going to get it for them.”

Biden's trip, which lasted about four hours, comes amid criticism from Republicans and some Democratic lawmakers that he hasn’t done enough to address a surge of migrants at the southern border. From Texas, Biden departed for Mexico City for meetings with North American leaders on immigration and other issues.

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26 comments

  1. Joe and Kamala should’ve dealt with the border issue when they took office in 2021. It’s now 2023 and it’s obvious they don’t care.

    1. The boarders had been taken care of by President Trump. Title 42. Joke Ibiden reversed it on his first day in office.

  2. I bet the people of this town if you check your cell phone the GPS is slightly askew every possible security measure is in place at the moment

  3. I hope my non-existent retirement goes as well as his presidency. Multi-week vacation, playing bad games of golf and then taking a luxy plane for strolls throughout Texas and a quick check on the border he doesn’t care about. Man can dream

  4. They brushed it off for years to let it get real bad, and now they come in and do all of this for show to act like they’re fixing the problem they created. They do the same with Gas prices and just about everything else.

    1. You’re absolutely right…. Good afternoon Lisa how are you doing over there hope you’re having a wonderful day it’s a lovely day that the lord has made.

  5. Oh is this where Brandon pretends he’s doing something about all those drugs streaming in from his open border revolving door?

  6. It took him two years and Kamala didn’t go when she was told to. Avoidance doesn’t make the problem disappear.

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