Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Blasts Biden’s Border Visit

President Joe Biden’s visit to El Paso on Sunday was denounced by Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who asserted that the president has “no plans” to enforce immigration laws.

These were the words spoken during an interview with “Sunday Morning Futures” on Fox News. Bartiromo, Maria

“Biden is there today to look at a cleaned-up El Paso so that he can do everything he can to help and aid the illegal immigrants instead of preventing them from entering our country,” He said.

Today’s visit by President Biden to the border takes place in a clean-up of El Paso.

He has no intention of carrying out immigration enforcement.

Biden’s strategy will only encourage MORE unauthorized crossings.

Texas. We will continue to defend our borders as we have done historically. pic.twitter.com/UelZRg0Zts

— Greg Abbott on January 8, 2023 (@GregAbbott TX)

Ahead of the president’s anticipated Sunday visit, El Paso authorities dismantled migrant camps, prompting Abbott’s criticisms. At the city’s central bus terminal and the shelter close to Sacred Heart Church, cleanup was done. a report from the New York Post claims

Along with other police officers escorting other migrants back to Mexico, the report stated that six buses carrying mostly Venezuelan migrants fled the city and entered Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

Mayra Flores, a former Republican congresswoman, criticized the city’s efforts to disperse migrant camps ahead of Biden’s visit.

Why not demonstrate to him the challenges that members of our border community and law enforcement face every day? She was enquiring.

Before Biden’s visit, El Paso clears its downtown of a sizable migrant camp.

Don’t expose him to all the difficulties that law enforcement personnel face on a daily basis.

January 6, 2023 — Mayra Flores (@MayraFlores2022)

Border Patrol National Council Prior to Biden’s visit, we voiced our opposition to the El Paso Changes in a Friday Twitter Comment.

El Paso is being restored as if nothing strange ever occurred there. This group also tweeted, “Just in time for Biden’s “visit to the border.” “We advise just flying into Des Moines, Iowa, and telling him you’re in El Paso. He won’t understand the distinction.

Los Pasos being cleaned up as if nothing unusual had occurred. Just in Time “trip to the border” by Biden.

It’s not enough to simply arrive in Des Moines. Inform him that we are going to El Paso. You won’t be able to tell them apart.

January 6, 2023 — Border Patrol Union – NBPC (@BPUnion)

President of the National Border Patrol Council Brandon Judd told Fox News on Saturday that Biden’s tactics are discouraging border patrol agents.

The fact that it has taken him two years has us beyond frustrated. We’re furious that he permitted the situation to deteriorate to this point, said Judd. “He isn’t traveling to the border voluntarily. He would have completed that long ago.

Judd He asserted that Biden concurs with him. Was this the result of external pressure? The Democratic All-Inclusive Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, has come under fire. handling of the crisis by Washington.

As part of Biden’s most recent announcement on immigration, 30,000 people per month from Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, and Nicaragua will be permitted. to travel to the US Expulsions under Title 42 would also be made applicable to all four countries.

The proposed changes, according to critics, won’t solve the issue of border crossings. The number of immigrants entering the United States does not decrease under Biden’s plan; rather, it changes the numbers.

Title 42 has been kept by the Supreme Court. cited The Daily Wire About 50,000 people were lined up outside Congress, according to the Customs and Border Protection officials, ready to enter the country illegally. In December, United States Title 42 came to an end.

A lower court’s decision was stayed by an order from Chief Justice John Roberts, and the justices granted an extension so that the court could weigh the arguments of both sides.