Biden plans first visit to US-Mexico border as president-chief after US congressional election: McCarthy also fails second attempt

The details of such a stopover are currently being worked on, Biden said on Wednesday in the US state of Kentucky. It would be Biden’s first trip as president to the Mexican border. His administration has been repeatedly criticized for the large number of migrants who sometimes illegally cross the Mexican-US border into the United States.

The situation there is very tense at the moment. In recent weeks, an above-average number of migrants had come to the southern US border as they expected a controversial deportation regime, which is still in place, to be lifted.

The so-called Title 42 rule was introduced under former US President Donald Trump and, in reference to the corona pandemic, makes it easier for migrants to be rejected quickly. The border town of El Paso, Texas, recently declared a state of emergency because many of the migrants could no longer find a place in the available accommodation in the sometimes freezing temperatures and camped on the city streets.

Migration will also be a key topic at the North American Summit, where Biden will meet with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on January 10 in Mexico City, the White House spokeswoman said, Karine Jean Claude. Tuesday. (sda/dpa)