Trump and Biden visit Mexico border as immigration issue remains large | DW News

The debate over immigration in the US is shaping up to be a major issue in this year's presidential election. This after a recent surge in unauthorized crossings at the US-Mexico border. On Thursday, President Joe Biden and his presumptive opponent, former President Donald Trump, made competing trips to the border in Texas. Trump met with Republican Governor Gregg Abbott in the city of Eagle Pass, which has become the center of a state-led crackdown on unauthorized immigrants. Some 400 kilometers away, President Biden met with border officials in the city of Brownsville.

The dueling trips come as the Biden administration has been pushing for immigration reform. But the bill has been blocked by House Republicans -- in part due to pressure from Trump. That's something Biden addressed.

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