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George, 5, a migrant boy from Venezuela traveling with his family, looks through the border wall as family members line up to request asylum in El Paso, Texas, Dec. 27, 2022. (CNS photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)

Biden says he plans to visit border for the first time in his presidency

January 5, 2023
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News

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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — President Joe Biden said Jan. 4 he plans to visit the U.S.-Mexico border, which would be the first visit to the border of his presidency, when he travels to Mexico next week.

Biden is scheduled to attend a North American leaders summit with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Jan. 9-10 in Mexico City.

“That’s my intention, we’re working out the details now,” Biden told reporters during his visit to Kentucky.

President Joe Biden is seen in Phoenix Dec. 6, 2022. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

Asked by a reporter upon his return to the White House what he would like to see at the border during his visit, Biden replied, “Peace and security.”

“I’m going to see what’s going on,” Biden said. “I’m going to be making a speech tomorrow on border security, and you’ll hear more about it tomorrow.”

Republicans have targeted immigration as one of their key areas of criticism of Biden and his administration, often criticizing him for not visiting the southern border and pointing to a surge of migrants there.

Republican Governors Ron Desantis of Florida and Greg Abbott of Texas have sent migrants to East coast locations, including Washington, D.C., and Martha’s Vineyard to draw attention to their criticisms of Biden’s border policies. Faced with freezing temperatures from the polar vortex, Texas Gov. Abbott sent buses filled with 130 migrants to Vice President Kamala Harris’s residence in Washington on Christmas Eve in 18-degree weather.

The U.S. Supreme Court, at least temporarily, has blocked the Biden administration from implementing some of its sought-after immigration policies last month. The high court decided that Title 42, a Trump-era immigration policy that expanded border officials’ authority to expel asylum-seekers at the border as part of its Covid-19 pandemic response, will remain in effect while its court challenge plays out.

The Biden administration has sought to end Title 42, but has said it will comply with the high court’s ruling.

For Biden, who has indicated he will seek re-election as president in 2024, the issue of immigration marks one of his key points of contention with his 2020 rival, former President Donald Trump.

Trump, who won the Republican nomination in 2016 on a platform including hardline immigration policies, has announced his third bid for the White House in 2024.

President Biden’s visit to the border may encourage asylum-seekers who have asked him to come to the border. In a previous OSV News story, one such asylum-seeker named “Betty” — actual name withheld for security — appealed to Biden and others to see what they are experiencing.

“Put yourself in our shoes, the shoes of those who are experiencing hunger and cold,” she said. “Help us.”

Kate Scanlon is a Washington-based national reporter for OSV News. Maria-Pia Negro Chin, Spanish editor for OSV News, contributed to this report.

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