Trump and Biden set to visit southern border

this morning with the migrant crisis at the top of Voters concerns in this election year President Biden and former president Trump are making dueling visits to the southern border Biden is expected to meet with border patrol agents and local leaders in Texas where he'll defend a bipartisan border security deal killed by House Republicans this month the bill called for hiring more officers and immigration judges and would have expedited work permits for migrants it took four months four months of us the White House working uh with Republicans and Democrats and the Senate to get that done and obviously Republicans have rejected that because of politics Trump says the bipartisan deal wasn't strong enough to secure the Border he's promising if elected to begin mass deportations of migrants it comes as communities across the country struggle to house the historic influx of migrants Denver's mayor just yesterday said he needs to close four shelters and scale back Services due to budget concerns this allows us to deliver people high quality dignified services and also reduce the amount of costs we spend make sure they're successful and the city successful and we think that's a path for for the Denver should be proud of New York's mayor now calling for changes to the city's Sanctuary City policy just this week more than 70 migrants were found living in this basement of a furniture store and in Georgia outrage after a college student was brutally murdered during her morning jog allegedly by an undocumented immigrant previously arrested but released lakan's death is a direct result of failed policies on the federal level and an unwillingness by this White House to secure the southern border the president is considering executive action to address the migrant crisis including tougher Asylum laws but the White House says no such announcement will come today that announcement could come at next week's State of the Union but the White House insists any real solution for the Border crisis needs to come from Congress hi everyone George Stephanopoulos here thanks for checking out the ABC News YouTube channel if you'd like to get more videos show highlights and watch live event coverage click on the right over here to subscribe to our Channel and don't forget to download the ABC News app for breaking news alerts thanks for watching

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Published: Thu Feb 29 2024