When asked last week why he wouldn't visit the southern border, President Biden said that there are 'more important things going on.' The response was met with backlash from Texas Republicans, the largest GOP delegation in Congress.
PUBLISHED 6:33 PM EST Dec. 13, 2022President Joe Biden has not visited the U.S.-Mexico border since taking office nearly two years ago — despite Republicans demanding that he do so to better understand the record number of immigration arrests and crossings by asylum-seekers.President Joe Biden has not visited the U.S.
Republican Rep. August Pfluger of Texas has traveled to the border and supported former President Donald Trump’s approach to stem the flow of crossings. Pfluger says he believes that if Biden visited, he would be too. White House officials have been asked repeatedly about this throughout Biden’s nearly two years in office. They’ve responded by pointing to how the administration has introduced its own immigration reform plan, secured funding for more enforcement and worked with leaders in Central America to address the root causes of why people are leaving their countries for the U.S.
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