Air Force One touched down in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday afternoon as President Biden made his first trip to the beleaguered Mexican border since he took office two years ago — for a brief three hour visit, the NY Post reports.
Biden, 80, who is said to be “all in” on a reelection run in 2024 and is expected to announce his intentions in a couple of weeks, has been roundly criticized for his failure to control the number of migrants crossing the border into the US and for repealing a number of programs begun by former President Donald Trump that led to the escalation.
The president’s arrival at the border comes as US Border Patrol agents say they are “beyond frustrated” with the ongoing situation and dismiss his first visit to the region as too little, too late. Biden visited the Bridge of the Americas, the busiest border crossing in the US, and a local immigrant service center during the stopover. At the bridge, Biden was given a demonstration of vehicle searches at the border, with officers scanning for drugs, cash and contraband, and toured the federal agency’s facility at the site.
