US President Joe Biden walks a stretch of the US-Mexico border and inspects an entry point on his first trip to the region after two years in office.
abc.net.au/news/united-states-president-joe-biden-visits-mexico-border/101837346US President Joe Biden has walked a stretch of the US-Mexico border and inspected a busy port of entry on his first trip to the region after two years in office.
His last stop was the migrant services centre in El Paso county, where he asked an aid worker: "If I could wave the wand, what should I do?"He encountered no migrants, except when his motorcade drove alongside the border and about a dozen lined up on the Ciudad Juárez side. However, his visit will likely do little to quell critics from both sides, including immigrant advocates who accuse him of establishing cruel policies not unlike those of his hard-line predecessor, Donald Trump.
US President Joe Biden looks at food and supplies that are distributed to migrants as he tours the El Paso County migrant services support centre. Noengris Garcia, also eight months' pregnant, was travelling with her husband, teenage son and the small family dog from the tiny state of Portuguesa, Venezuela, where she operated a food stall.President Joe Biden stopped in El Paso, but did not meet with any migrants.
Mr Biden's recent policy announcements on border security and his visit to the border were aimed in part at blunting the impact of upcoming investigations into immigration promised by House Republicans.
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