A historic visit to the southern border is putting the migrant crisis front and center: the Biden administration wants $20 billion to stem the tide of migration while former President Trump is accusing President Biden of allowing migrant crossings to go unchecked.
“The operation that they showed me is nothing less than incredible,” said Trump during a speech in Eagle Pass, Texas. “It’s a military operation – we have a military… this is like a war.”
Illegal border crossings are at a record high with 2.2 million apprehensions in 2023, roughly 250,000 in December alone – a new monthly record. During his visit to Eagle Pass, sometimes called “illegal Pass”, Trump placed the blame for the crisis squarely on the current president.
“But this is a Joe Biden invasion,” Trump said. “This is a Biden invasion over the past three years. I call him crooked Joe because he’s a terrible president, the worst president we’ve ever had.”
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Three hundred miles away, in Brownsville, TX, President Biden called on Trump to rally Republicans on Capitol Hill to help pass a bipartisan bill worth more than $20
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