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Giulia Heyward

Biden makes his first visit to the southern border as president

President Biden speaks with U.S. Customs and Border Protection police at the Bridge of the Americas border crossing between Mexico and the U.S. in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

President Biden is visiting the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time as president on Sunday, stopping in El Paso, Texas, on his way to Mexico. The visit comes after two years of back-and-forth with Republicans over the Biden administration's immigration policy.

Republican state officials and the Biden administration are sparring over the future of Title 42, an early pandemic-era policy that lets the U.S. quickly expel most migrants seeking asylum without a hearing.

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