Texas Governor Abbott delivered an icy welcome to Joe Biden in El Paso on Sunday. He attacked him for opening the southern border to illegal immigrants and handed him a letter demanding that he take more action to tackle the crisis. It was all useless. The administration cleaned up El Paso before Biden’s arrival, and he was prepared with an amnesty plan to make matters worse.
Gov. Greg Abbott blasted Biden’s first visit to the border as president. He said that the city was cleaned up for his trip.
“President Biden’s border visit today is to a sanitized version of El Paso,” he tweeted, referencing how law enforcement agents have cleared out migrant camps in the city.
Abbott could be seen on the asphalt handing the letter to the president.
“Under your watch … America is suffering the worst illegal immigration in the history of our country,” it says.
“Your open-border policies have emboldened the cartels, who grow wealthy by trafficking deadly fentanyl and even human beings.”
He urged Biden to resume building the border wall that was begun under President Donald Trump.
And he said the Biden administration must designate Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
‘When you finish the photo-ops in a carefully stage-managed version of El Paso, you have a job to do,’ added Abbott.
President Biden’s border visit today is to a sanitized version of El Paso.
He has no plans to enforce federal immigration laws.
Biden’s plan will only entice MORE illegal crossings.
Texas will continue our historic border mission to protect our state. pic.twitter.com/UelZRg0Zts
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) January 8, 2023
THE BORDER PATROL UNION IS ANGRY
The Border Patrol union is slamming Biden’s trip to El Paso, Texas, on Sunday amid reports that state and local authorities have ramped up detentions and cleaned up much of the migrant encampments in the area ahead of the visit.
“El Paso being cleaned up as if nothing unusual ever happened there,” the National Border Patrol Council tweeted Friday. “Just in time for Biden’s ‘visit to the border.’”
“We suggest just landing in Des Moines, Iowa, and telling him it’s El Paso. He’ll never know the difference,” the union wrote.
El Paso being cleaned up as if nothing unusual ever happened there. Just in time for Biden’s “visit to the border”.
We suggest just landing in Des Moines, Iowa and telling him it’s El Paso. He’ll never know the difference.
— Border Patrol Union – NBPC (@BPUnion) January 6, 2023
El Paso clears downtown of expansive migrant camps ahead of Biden visit.
Why not show him what our border community and law enforcement officials are dealing with on a daily basis.
— Mayra Flores (@MayraFlores2022) January 6, 2023
My name is Irene Armendariz-Jackson.
I live in El Paso.
I am a Border Patrol Wife.
Joe Biden’s visit today is a photo-op & lie.
I’ve set up the Border Security Coalition to help SECURE OUR BORDER.
Our lives here depend on it.
Will you RT this & follow me to spread the word?
— Irene Armendariz-Jackson (@ArmendarizDis16) January 8, 2023
I walked through the streets of downtown El Paso ahead of Biden’s visit with former City Councilwoman Claudia Rodriguez, who says she was ousted for calling Dems out by name for the border crisis in her city. Here’s what she had to say @DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/CIR16bIHO6
— Jennie Taer (@JennieSTaer) January 8, 2023
For two years, @foxandfriends has been demanding that Pres. Biden visit the southern border.
Today, @willcain is in El Paso ahead of Biden’s visit, and he’s VERY angry because local officials have cleaned up the city — and Biden’s Border Crisis doesn’t look like a crisis.
📺 https://t.co/s3xuG9ALGa pic.twitter.com/MvL6kzDm1u
— Bad Fox Graphics (@BadFoxGraphics) January 8, 2023
Biden attempting to gaslight the American people claiming Republicans are preventing him from securing the border. Where are the fact-checkers? pic.twitter.com/dykXyXMhdh
— @amuse (@amuse) January 7, 2023
The border in El Paso before and after Biden’s visit is announced
Must be another coincidence pic.twitter.com/0Y8CrnTmh3
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 8, 2023
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