Q: Why Brownsville, TX? Biden to visit Texas border with among lowest illegal crossings, Photo Op

Border crossings in Brownsville have dropped dramatically in the past months, after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott had miles of the wire fencing installed as part of Operation Lone Star, which he signed into law in December. Brownsville could give Biden a platform to argue illegal crossings have dropped dramatically given it was the busiest corridor for illegal crossings for nine years. But Republicans have called it something else: a ‘photo-op.’

On the same day of Biden’s Texas trip, Donald Trump will be in Eagle Pass, an area of Texas still struggling to deal with the migrant influx. The former president will be about 330 miles away from his 2024 rival and the two leaders are not expected to interact.

REPORTER: What do you say to people who think Biden’s sudden border visit is just an election year stunt after he ignored it for three straight years?

KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: “I would hope the American people see how serious the president is about fixing this issue!”

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Q: Why Brownsville, TX? Biden to visit Texas border with among lowest illegal crossings, Photo Op

Key Points

Border crossings in Brownsville have dropped dramatically in the past months, after Republican Gov

• Greg Abbott had miles of the wire fencing installed as part of Operation Lone Star, which he signed into law in December
• Brownsville could give Biden a platform to argue illegal crossings have dropped dramatically given it was the busiest corridor for illegal crossings for nine years
• But Republicans have called it something else: a ‘photo-op

Transcript Highlights

The following is transcribed from the video audio:

• Why go to Brownsville, Texas specifically
• Look, I think the president, and I said this at the top, and I’ve said this many times, what ended up happening is that Republicans rejected it
• They rejected it because of the last president and the politics around the last president
• He said, we actually even said that once that bill was killed by Republicans, that American people are going to hear exactly from the president
• Well, the reason I ask is because Brownsville is one of the slower sectors
• In the month of February, they averaged, I think, 17 illegal crossings a day for a little more than 450 in the month
• The number one sector has had more than 14,000 in the same time period
• This administration has often criticized Republicans when they go to the border and hold similar press conferences as saying that they’re doing publicity stunts and photo ops
• What House Republicans have done is nothing
• If anything, they consistently get in the way

Full transcript: 573 words transcribed via Whisper AI.