Biden challenges Trump to drop opposition to bipartisan border safety invoice

President Joe Biden, talking in Brownsville, Texas, on Thursday, challenged former President Donald Trump to drop his opposition to bipartisan laws that may deliver extra assets to cope with document migrant crossings as the 2 males confronted off in a split-screen duel on the southern border.

“I perceive my predecessor is in Eagle Move in the present day,” Biden stated, shortly after Trump spoke about 300 miles away on the border crossing that is turn into a flashpoint within the 2024 election.

“What I’d say to Mr. Trump, as a substitute of taking part in coverage with this problem, as a substitute of telling members of Congress to dam this laws, be part of me or I am going to be part of you in telling the Congress to cross this bipartisan border safety invoice,” he stated. “We are able to do it collectively, you understand, and I do know it is the hardest, most effective, only border safety invoice this nation’s ever seen. So, as a substitute of taking part in politics with the problem, why do not we simply get collectively and get it completed.”

Biden stated it is “gone time to behave,” saying Home Speaker Mike Johnson “must put this invoice on the ground.”

“The vast majority of Democrats and Republicans in each homes assist this laws, till somebody got here alongside and stated, do not do this, it’s going to profit the incumbent,” Biden stated. “That is a hell of a approach to do enterprise in America for such a significant issue. We have to act.”

The president stated Johnson and different Republicans have to “present a bit backbone.”

“You bear in mind who the heck we work for? We work for the American folks, not the Democratic Occasion, the Republican Occasion. We work for the American folks and let’s bear in mind who we’re. We’re the US of America.”

Throughout his go to, the president acquired a number of briefings from officers on challenges they face on the border.

Customs and Border Safety Deputy Commissioner Peter Flores outlined points his company offers with detecting narcotics and weapons on the border, highlighting the necessity for extra funding.

Biden thanked Border Patrol brokers, saying, “We will get you what you want, come hell or excessive water.”

The president was additionally briefed by Jennifer Higgins, deputy director U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Providers and Asylum Officer Catisha Jackson.

Jackson informed the president she “loves being an asylum officer” however “we’re overwhelmed.”

“We now have the wherewithal to do that, we’ve got the capability to do that,” Biden stated to Jackson. “I promise you, we’ll combat just like the satan to get you this bipartisan laws that Republicans and Democrats supported.”