Joe Biden Visits US-Mexico Border; Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Gives POTUS Disrespectful Letter to Criticize Him

After months of being criticized for not visiting the border, President Joe Biden finally did as he visited El Paso, Texas, for about four hours on Sunday. However, Texas Governor Greg Abbott greeted him with a letter still criticizing him as "his trip is $20 billion too little and 2 years too late. "

In his letter, Abbott accused the president's border policies of destroying Texas property owners' lives and sidestepping "areas where mass illegal immigration occurs."

He also accused El Paso, which has long been a Democrat stronghold, of sanitizing the migrant camps before his visit.

Abbott claimed that downtown El Paso had been overrunned by migrant camps and that the Biden administration wanted to shield him from reality, so they had them cleaned up before the president's visit.

Abbott also claimed that under former President Donald Trump, the United States had the lowest numbers in illegal immigration.

On the other hand, Biden has implemented an open border policy, despite the current administration's efforts to stop migrants from coming in.

"Your open-border policies have emboldened the cartels, who grow wealthy by trafficking deadly fentanyl and even human beings," Abbott wrote, as he implored the president of enforcing federal immigration laws as well as designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations, according to Fox News.

Joe Biden Meets With Greg Abbott Personally as He Tours the Border

Joe Biden will be heading to Mexico City for the North American leaders' summit with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of Mexico and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada.

However, before that, he had to stop by El Paso first to visit the U.S.-Mexico border.

During his trip, Biden visited El Paso's busiest land border crossing, the Bridge of the Americas port of entry, which he assessed as the administration mulls implementing $600 million in improvements.

He met law enforcement officials there and watched demonstrations. The president also visited the El Paso County Migrant Services Center. He arrived with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and met with several Texas state lawmakers and El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser.

Biden also met with El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego. However, his biggest meeting was with Greg Abbott, whom he often butts heads with over multitude issues in the past months.

Abbott noted that he presented Biden with five solutions to immigration problems.

The two leaders shook hands, with Abbott admitting that the White House reached out in advance to invite him to meet the president.

Joe Biden Makes Unannounced Appearance at Donald Trump's Border Wall

Joe Biden had a packed schedule while in El Paso, but still had time to visit the border wall.

According to ABC News, he was in the area for around 27 minutes. Biden told reporters he had not yet read Greg Abbott's letter.

He also condemned what happened in Brazil, where protesters stormed government buildings. He called the act "outrageous." El Paso has been the epicenter of the migrant surge over the past few months.

However, despite Abbott's claims, illegal border crossings around the city are down more than 70% since the recent surge in December, as Border Patrol agents make around 700 apprehensions a day on average. It is way below the numbers last December, which peaked at 2,500 arrests per day.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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