From the New York Times:
President Biden is planning to make a rare visit to the southern border on Thursday, according to two people briefed on the plans, traveling to Brownsville, Texas, on the same day that former President Donald J. Trump has already scheduled a border trip. The plans underscore the urgency now propelling Mr. Biden and his team on immigration, which has become one of his most serious political liabilities. Under the Biden administration, record numbers of migrants have crossed the southern border — a fact that Mr. Trump and Republicans have wielded aggressively against Mr. Biden. A majority of Americans disapprove of Mr. Biden’s job performance, and polls show that voters who disapprove of him cite immigration more than any other policy issue as a reason. On his Thursday trip to Brownsville, Mr. Biden plans to meet with Border Patrol, law enforcement and local officials, according to a White House official. The president is expected to put the blame for the migration crisis on House Republicans, who blocked a bipartisan package that would have enacted severe restrictions at the border, and to call on Congress to come together and address the challenge. ...Mr. Trump will visit Eagle Pass in Texas on Thursday. CNN reported the planned trip last week. Mr. Trump plans to deliver remarks from the border to highlight the immigration crisis and lay blame at the feet of Mr. Biden, according to a person close to Mr. Trump who was not authorized to discuss the plans publicly. Mr. Trump is expected to highlight crimes committed by migrants in New York and in other cities, as well as the arrest of a Venezuelan undocumented immigrant in the recent high-profile killing of a 22-year-old nursing student in Georgia, the person added. The visit to Brownsville, which has historically felt the effects when illegal crossings surge, comes as the White House tries to pivot on its political strategy at the border. For much of his time in office, Mr. Biden and his aides avoided publicly talking about the border, even though his senior aides were warned early on that the migration crisis could erode his support with voters."[T]he White House tries to pivot on its political strategy at the border." The Biden White House is attempting one hell of a pivot, given its three years of falsely claiming the border was closed and secure. Pathetic. Biden's hastily planned "rare" trip to the border, on the same day that President Trump had already scheduled a visit, smacks of desperation politics. Biden opened the border. He created the invasion and the ensuing misery plaguing Americans. Now, Democrats are scrambling to shift blame. Biden shuffling around at border will do nothing else but remind Americans that he is unfit to serve.
Joe Biden is visiting the border this week and Marsha Blackburn wants him to go out on duty with the Border Patrol. pic.twitter.com/jeNPLbPHw9
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) February 26, 2024
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