President Biden Visits Border, Texas Governor Abbott Continues Publicity Stunts

Yesterday, President Biden visited the U.S./Mexico border in El Paso, Texas and promised more resources to address immigration   He was greeted by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who handed the President a letter on the airport tarmac in which began “Your visit to our southern border with Mexico today is $20 billion too little and two years too late.” “Moreover, your visit avoids the sites where mass illegal immigration occurs and sidesteps the thousands of angry Texas property owners who lives have been destroyed by your border policies,” the letter read.

Governor Abbott, who has made the news by transporting migrants from Texas to cities further North, claimed in the letter that downtown El Paso had been “sanitized of the migrant camps” that he said had overrun the city in an attempt by the administration to “shield” Biden from “the chaos that Texans experience on a daily basis.” “This chaos is the direct result of your failure to enforce the immigration laws that Congress enacted,” Abbott wrote.

The governor, who has consistently criticized the Biden administration for the migration crisis, accused the president in the letter for emboldening drug cartels.

Check out Governor Abbott’s letter.

During the visit, according to Reuters, 

“Biden spoke with customs and border protection officers at the busy Bridge of Americas border crossing, toured a part of the border barrier with Mexico alongside border agents, and stopped at a migrant support center.

Biden’s visit was not expected to result in new policies, only to show he was taking the issue seriously and strengthen his relationship with border control agents.”

KJ