In El Paso he received an image of the scenario – and was sharply criticized.
US President Joe Biden has traveled to the southern border of the US within the state of Texas for the primary time since he took workplace. During his hour-long go to, which was overshadowed by deep political tensions, Biden met border officers within the metropolis of El Paso on Sunday and walked alongside the border wall with Mexico. He then traveled on to Mexico City.
The Democrat was beforehand greeted coolly by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on the border metropolis’s airport. The Republican handed Biden a letter wherein he made critical allegations in opposition to the federal government. The go to comes two years too late, Biden’s “failure” is liable for the “chaos” on the border.
Abbott requires continued building of Trump’s border wall
El Paso had lately turn out to be a spotlight of migration to the United States – the scenario had deteriorated dramatically in December. Abbott made the letter he had given Biden public instantly afterwards. “Their open-border policy has emboldened the cartels that grow rich from trafficking in deadly fentanyl and even humans,” it mentioned. The US skilled “the worst illegal immigration” within the nation’s historical past. The Republican demanded that the development of the border wall in Texas should be resumed instantly. As certainly one of his first acts in workplace, Biden shut down the heartfelt concern of his Republican predecessor Donald Trump.
Biden has repeatedly been sharply attacked by Republicans due to the scenario on the border. Republican governors of assorted states within the southern United States – together with Abbott – had repeatedly despatched coaches filled with migrants to democratically ruled states corresponding to New York or the capital Washington final yr to place strain on Biden. The White House then in contrast the governors to smugglers.
More than two million tried border crossings
Biden now visited a crossing on the US-Mexico border in El Paso. He additionally had border officers present him search these automobiles. He received an thought of a facility the place assist organizations maintain arriving migrants.
According to the accompanying press, the staff there made it clear that they wanted extra monetary help. Accordingly, Biden didn’t meet migrants throughout his journey to change concepts with them.
With the excessive variety of migrants, each the native authorities and the native assist organizations are overwhelmed. In El Paso there’s not sufficient housing for the folks. At the US-Mexico border, the US Border Protection Agency registered greater than two million makes an attempt by folks to enter the US between October 2021 and October 2022.
According to the statistics, the variety of migrants who don’t come from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador is rising. More and extra individuals are coming from Cuba, Colombia, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Thousands of migrants are at the moment ready on the US border, hoping for a possibility to enter the nation.
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