Joe Biden walked away from his inaugural visit to the U.S.-Mexico border vowing to send federal law enforcement the help needed — a claim that Republicans tore apart as feigned interest.
Biden spent three hours in El Paso, where he met with various immigrant rights advocates at a county-run shelter, learned how federal officers at the ports of entry inspect vehicles for contraband or illegal immigrants concealed in vehicles, and heard from Border Patrol agents responding to more illegal immigrant encounters in El Paso than ever before.
“They need a lot of resources. We’re going to get it for them,” Biden told reporters during the visit.
Despite traveling to a region that has become the epicenter of the southern border crisis in recent months, Biden did not tour government facilities where immigrants are held and processed after crossing illegally. He rounded out the visit with a 40-minute stop by the El Paso County Migrant Services Center, where immigrants who have been let out of federal custody can make travel arrangements and get a free meal and place to rest.
The facility was fairly empty, according to a report from the White House press pool that accompanied Biden. The president’s visit comes as the number of immigrants arrested has dropped back down to normal levels, leavin ...
