Amid record-levels of border crossings, President Biden visited the U.S. border with Mexico on Sunday, his first trip to the region since he took office two years ago.
As President Biden stepped off Air Force One in El Paso to tour the U.S. border on Sunday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was on the tarmac waiting.
As Biden met with immigration agents and humanitarian aid workers in El Paso on Sunday, walking along a section of border fence and touring a welcome center for newly released migrants, one thing was clear: On an issue as intractable as immigration, which for decades has vexed politicians on both sides of the political spectrum, there are no easy solutions.
Tens of thousands have arrived in and around El Paso, with many crossing the border on foot illegally and requesting asylum. Under new guidelines announced Thursday, Cubans, Nicaraguans and Haitians who enter the country illegally will be immediately deported to Mexico — without their asylum claims being heard.
The administration says the two-pronged approach will deter migrants from taking a dangerous journey to the U.S. border.As President Biden visits El Paso, thousands of people who fled oppressive countries are marooned in Mexico in the wake of his expansion of a Trump-era policy.
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