Alexis Guilleux, edited by Laura Laplaud 08:51, January 09, 2023
For the first time in his term, Joe Biden is going to the Mexican border.
With more than two million arrests last year, the number of illegal entries broke records in the United States and criticism against the American president, for his management of the migration crisis, fuse.
Joe Biden arrived in Mexico last night for the first time in his term.
At the heart of this displacement: the migratory question.
With more than two million arrests last year, the number of illegal entries is breaking records in the United States, particularly in El Paso, Texas, where Joe Biden stopped over on Sunday.
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Biden strongly criticized by the opposition for his handling of the migration crisis
The governor of Texas speaks of migratory chaos.
Greg Abbott, who greeted Joe Biden as he exited Air Force One, handed him a letter denouncing Washington's inaction: "This visit is nothing but show. He is two years old and about $20 billion behind! He needs to act and take quick action!"
New funding and introduction of quotas
In El Paso, Joe Biden spoke with Border Patrol agents along the wall with Mexico.
He also met with an association for the protection of migrants.
A sanitized visit, according to the Republicans who accuse the local authorities of having expelled the dozens of immigrant families who have been sleeping in the streets of El Paso for weeks.
A city that has become the symbol of an American migration system that has run out of steam.
Joe Biden has promised new funding and the establishment of quotas: 30,000 residence permits per month for nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
This time he has drawn the wrath of progressives who accuse the President of not respecting the right of asylum.