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Biden Visits Southern Border, Urges Trump to Stop ‘Playing Politics’

In a speech in Texas, president invites his predecessor to collaborate on passing the border security measure.
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Biden Visits Southern Border, Urges Trump to Stop ‘Playing Politics’
U.S. President Joe Biden (C) flanked by Brownsville, Texas, Mayor John Cowen (L), Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (2nd L) and Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas), speaks about immigration at the Brownsville Station during a visit to the U.S.–Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas, on Feb. 29, 2024. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
Emel Akan
Emel Akan
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2/29/2024|Updated: 3/1/2024
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas—President Joe Biden visited the U.S.–Mexico border on Feb. 29, where he viewed the border and met with Border Patrol agents and law enforcement.

His visit came amid rising public disapproval of his immigration and border policies, with many Americans holding him responsible for the current surge in illegal immigration.

Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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