As he visited El Paso, where migrants are camped out on the streets, on his first trip to the border since taking office, President Joe Biden heard cries for assistance in resolving the migrant problem.
Biden spoke with municipal politicians, community leaders
and others who are coping with the humanitarian catastrophe on a daily basis while strolling along a stretch of the rust-coloured border wall dividing El Paso from Juarez, Mexico.
They require numerous resources
“He explained his findings to reporters who inquired. “We’ll obtain it on their behalf. A surge of migrants at the southern border has drawn criticism from Republicans and some Democratic politicians, who claim that Biden hasn’t done enough to address the issue. Biden’s trip, which lasted approximately four hours, was in response to these claims. Biden left Texas for Mexico City to meet with top North American officials to discuss immigration and other topics.
During Biden’s first two years in office,
there has been a sharp increase in the number of people crossing the border, some of whom are doing so legitimately to seek asylum and others who are doing so illegally. Due in part to Nicaraguans fleeing the oppression, violence, and poverty in their country, El Paso is currently the busiest corridor for illegal border crossings. In response to the problem, El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser issued a state of emergency last month.
Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas and one of the administration’s most ardent detractors of its border policy, met Vice President Joe Biden as he exited Air Force One on Sunday. Abbott gave Biden a letter listing five measures the administration might take to fortify the border, including starting the building of the border wall in Texas right away. The letter dismissed Biden’s visit as a series of well-choreographed photo shoots.
Uncertainty, hope, and terror persisted among the hundreds of migrants
camping outside the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in the city’s historic Segundo Barrio. Most of the guys, largely from Venezuela, who are staying at the church are unable to travel further into the interior of the United States and fear being detained by U.S. Border Patrol if they do.
Maria Rodriguez, 28, who left Venezuela four months ago with family members headed for the United States, said, “We simply want positive news.” “We’re stuck here now” (in El Paso). We are unsure of what to do or where to go. We can’t leave this place (the church) because immigration will deport us if they find us.
According to Isabel Salcido
a member of the El Paso city council. Who has previously urged the president to travel to the border? El Paso has been at the epicentre of the tremendous humanitarian catastrophe.
Salcido remarked, “We continue to put band-aids on bullet wounds,”. And she intended to make sure Biden understood the significance of helping border communities. To deal with the fallout from Congress’ failure to achieve comprehensive immigration reform.
As he visited El Paso, where migrants are camped out on the streets, on his first trip to the border since taking office, President Joe Biden heard cries for assistance in resolving the migrant problem.
Biden spoke with municipal politicians, community leaders
and others who are coping with the humanitarian catastrophe on a daily basis while strolling along a stretch of the rust-coloured border wall dividing El Paso from Juarez, Mexico.
They require numerous resources
“He explained his findings to reporters who inquired. “We’ll obtain it on their behalf. A surge of migrants at the southern border has drawn criticism from Republicans and some Democratic politicians, who claim that Biden hasn’t done enough to address the issue. Biden’s trip, which lasted approximately four hours, was in response to these claims. Biden left Texas for Mexico City to meet with top North American officials to discuss immigration and other topics.
During Biden’s first two years in office,
there has been a sharp increase in the number of people crossing the border, some of whom are doing so legitimately to seek asylum and others who are doing so illegally. Due in part to Nicaraguans fleeing the oppression, violence, and poverty in their country, El Paso is currently the busiest corridor for illegal border crossings. In response to the problem, El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser issued a state of emergency last month.
Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas and one of the administration’s most ardent detractors of its border policy, met Vice President Joe Biden as he exited Air Force One on Sunday. Abbott gave Biden a letter listing five measures the administration might take to fortify the border, including starting the building of the border wall in Texas right away. The letter dismissed Biden’s visit as a series of well-choreographed photo shoots.
Uncertainty, hope, and terror persisted among the hundreds of migrants
camping outside the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in the city’s historic Segundo Barrio. Most of the guys, largely from Venezuela, who are staying at the church are unable to travel further into the interior of the United States and fear being detained by U.S. Border Patrol if they do.
Maria Rodriguez, 28, who left Venezuela four months ago with family members headed for the United States, said, “We simply want positive news.” “We’re stuck here now” (in El Paso). We are unsure of what to do or where to go. We can’t leave this place (the church) because immigration will deport us if they find us.
According to Isabel Salcido
a member of the El Paso city council. Who has previously urged the president to travel to the border? El Paso has been at the epicentre of the tremendous humanitarian catastrophe.
Salcido remarked, “We continue to put band-aids on bullet wounds,”. And she intended to make sure Biden understood the significance of helping border communities. To deal with the fallout from Congress’ failure to achieve comprehensive immigration reform.
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