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President Biden on Sunday will visit the embattled southern border for the first time in his presidency, a visit that comes amid growing political pressure in Washington on the issue and while migrant numbers remain at historic highs.
Biden will visit El Paso, Texas, which has been the epicenter of a recent spike in migrant encounters. The White House says he will meet with elected local officials and community leaders while also assessing border operations.
“I know that migration is putting a real strain on the border and on border communities,” Biden said Thursday.
Biden formally announced the trip that day when he unveiled a number of border initiatives, including an expanded humanitarian parole program for Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans, as well as Title 42 expulsions for those nationalities.
President Biden speaks about border security in the Roosevelt Room of the White…
