A duel over immigration policy between Donald Trump and Joe Biden on the Mexican border
Donald Trump was in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Thursday when Joe Biden arrived in Brownsville, on the Mexican border. The two contenders for a new term delivered opposing speeches on immigration, a hot topic in the presidential campaign.
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With our special envoy between Texas and Mexico, Thomas Harms
Eagle Pass is a litigation symbol Between the federal administration and the Republican Party. Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who is close to Donald Trump, had placed floats armed with razor blades there to prevent migrants from crossing the Rio Grande, and since then elected officials and state governors have been coming there to highlight the border issue. Greg Abbott also ordered the National Guard to seize and cordon off Shelby Park with barbed wire where migrants used to pass, and prevent federal border guards from entering.
However, the Biden administration has won on the trials: a commitment to removing the buoys, a commitment to allowing Border Patrol to cut razor wire, and blocking a law that was scheduled to take effect next Tuesday that allows Texas law enforcement to arrest and expel migrants — a violation of the law. . It is a federal privilege under the doctrine of “invasion” — because federal judge Ezra found it unconstitutional. But the Texas authorities refuse and appeal.
Therefore, Donald Trump finds himself in the occupied territories. ” It's Joe Biden's invasion, Criticize. Allow thousands, even millions of people coming from China, Iran, Yemen and Congo, people who come from unknown places, from unknown countries, who do not speak a language (sic). We have languages that come to our country, real foreign languages that no one speaks (sic). »
The Democratic president shows his political will
The Republican candidate intends to keep the immigration issue alive until November. He was maneuvering to block the bipartisan House-passed bill. Now most members of the right-wing Republican Party are calling for a new law, but there is no indication that they will vote in favor of it if it is introduced.
For his part, and five hours away, the US President came to Brownsville to defend the border law proposed by the Republican and Democratic parties in the Senate. It must increase resources for the Border Patrol, increase border detention capabilities, make asylum more difficult to obtain, increase searches for fentanyl, change legal loopholes exploited by cartels, and allow US authorities to close borders when the system is violated and overwhelmed by large numbers of migrant arrivals. .
Joe Biden wants to show he is willing to sign a more restrictive immigration bill. But he accuses Republicans of obstructing any effort. ” I would say to Donald Trump, who I believe is in Eagle Pass today: Stop asking your members of Congress to block this bill. Join me in calling on Congress to pass this bipartisan border bill. We can do it together, He insisted. Stop the political maneuvering and let's act! »
Texas votes next Tuesday — along with fourteen other states and the territory of Samoa — in the Super Tuesday primary. But for Eagle Pass residents, like Brownsville, these visits are merely political outreaches.
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