President Joe Biden visits the US-Mexico border for the first time since taking office amid deep political tensions over illegal immigration and smuggling
President Joe Biden also inspected a busy port of entry along the US-Mexico border on his first trip to the region after two years in office.
He met on Sunday with uniformed customs and immigration staff at the Bridge of the Americas checkpoint, a complex of inspection buildings and fencing that separates the two countries.In a sign of the deep tensions over immigration, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, handed Biden a letter upon his arrival in the state that said the "chaos" at the border was a "direct result" of the president's failure to enforce federal laws.
Biden was also due to visit a migrant support services centre, meeting with religious and humanitarian groups assisting "migrants fleeing oppression and economic collapse," Mayorkas said. Adding to the sense of crisis has been a surge in cross-border smuggling of the highly addictive and often deadly narcotic fentanyl.However, he's also taking flak from the left, with some Democrats and human rights organisations harshly criticising his plan to expand expulsions of undocumented migrants from four key countries, while crafting a legal pathway for limited numbers to seek entry.
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