The president is heading to the U.S.-Mexico border later Sunday for a firsthand look at border security.
, currently the biggest corridor for illegal crossings, due in large part to Nicaraguans fleeing repression, crime and poverty in their country. They are among migrants from four countries who are now subject to quick expulsion under new rules enacted by the Biden administration in the past week.
Mr. Biden's announcement on border security and his visit to the border are aimed in part at quelling the political noise and blunting the impact of upcoming investigations into immigration promised by House Republicans. But any enduring solution will require action by the sharply divided Congress, where multiple efforts to enact sweeping changes have failed in recent years.
In El Paso, where migrants congregate at bus stops and in parks before traveling on, border patrol agents have stepped up security before the president's visit. Mexico"is a terrible country where there is crime, corruption, cartels and even the police persecute you," he said."They say that people who think about entering illegally won't have a chance, but at the same time I don't have a sponsor. … I came to this country to work. I didn't come here to play."during Mr. Biden's first two years in office. There were more than 2.38 million stops during the year that ended Sept.
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