Biden to visit Mexico border in migrant push, but Republicans are his biggest wall
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 - President Joe Biden is headed to the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday for the first time since taking office nearly two years ago, tackling one of the most politically charged issues in the country as he prepares for a reelection bid.to block Cuban, Haitian and Nicaraguan migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, expanding the nationalities of those who can be expelled back to Mexico, and his visit to El Paso, Texas, is not expected to yield any new policy breakthroughs.
Biden sent Congress an immigration reform plan on his first day in office. It floundered due to opposition from congressional Republicans, who also blocked his request for $3.5 billion to beef up border enforcement. "We are dealing with a broken immigration system that Congress has failed to repair for decades," he told ABC News' "This Week" show.
Biden on Thursday did open legal, limited pathways into the country for Cubans, Nicaraguans and Haitians.
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