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Josh Wingrove

Biden heads to the US-Mexico border to face crisis he says lacks easy fix

President Joe Biden was confronted at the airport in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who demanded in a hand-delivered letter that Biden act immediately to stop unauthorized immigration, including by building more walls on the border.

Abbott told reporters that in his letter to Biden, he described “the chaos that his refusal to enforce the border laws” has caused in Texas and suggested five possible solutions, including increasing deportations and constructing more walls.

“He needs to step up and take swift action,” the governor said. The president, he said, responded that “he wanted to work with us on this.”

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