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BREAKING: Biden plans to visit the BORDER next week: President is ‘working out the details’ for his first trip since taking office as he heads to Mexico and after the surge in migrants
- Biden travels to Mexico City next week for a ‘three amigos’ summit
- He said it was his ‘intention’ to visit the border
- Title 42 authority was expiring, but is in effect after Supreme Court action
- He has been persecuted for not taking a trip as president.
- It comes amid intense focus on the border crisis and thousands of people crossing daily
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President Joe Biden indicated Wednesday that he is preparing to make his first trip to the southern border as president, amid an ongoing immigration crisis and a battle over the fate of Title 42.
‘That is my intention, we are working on the details now’, Biden told reporters during a trip to Kentucky on Wednesday.
His comment followed a report in the Wall Street Journal that he was ‘seriously considering’ a trip there.
Biden fielded questions during his first two years in office about why he hadn’t made a border visit. Her comment came a day after White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said “misinformation” about immigration could help people traffickers.
President Joe Biden said his “intent” is to visit the border when he travels to Mexico next week. So far his only itinerary is to visit Mexico City
It is a politically treacherous move. Vice President Kamala Harris took blows when she told migrants on a trip to Guatemala “don’t come” to the US. She then took issue when she said the border was “safe” last year when migrant arrests exceeded the 2 millions.
The Trump-era Title 42 authority, used to return immigrants citing the COVID pandemic, was set to expire before Christmas, then was extended after Chief Justice John Roberts issued a stay of a ruling by a lower court. The Supreme Court ruled after Christmas that the authority will be held indefinitely and the case will be heard next month.
President Joe Biden and Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Puerval eat some of their orders while visiting the Just Q’in BBQ in Cincinnati, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. Biden commented on the border while traveling to see the Brent Spence Bridge with the Senate. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
Big river: Biden appeared with Democrats and Republicans in Covington, Kentucky. A trip to the border would fulfill a demand from Republican critics of him. Here he appears on stage with Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, former Ohio Senator Rob Portman, Ohio Senator Sherod Brown and Senator Mitch McConnell.
Biden’s trip comes after thousands of people have been crossing the border daily amid confusion over Title 42.
Vice President Kamala Harris walks with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and former spokeswoman Symone Sanders on their trip to the border in 2021
So far, Biden’s only itinerary is to visit Mexico City, where he will meet President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Canadian President Justin Trudeau at the restarted ‘three amigos’ summit.
Immigration will surely be on the agenda, with thousands of migrants crossing the southern border every day.