Biden, Trump try to work immigration to their political advantage during trips to Texas

now the 2024 presidential election focuses on Texas as Joe Biden and Donald Trump hold dueling events along the US Mexico border former president Trump will be in Eagle Pass today and President Biden will arrive in Brownsville this afternoon that's where we find Victor hakoba who looks ahead to the president's visit in less than two hours President Joe Biden is set to arrive here in Texas to address the issue of immigration and the crisis at the border a top issue among voters in the 2024 presid

ential election according to recent polling border encounters hit a record peak in December of 2023 but fell in January according to Customs and Border Patrol data the White House says the president will get a briefing at the border by officials he will then get an operational briefing by Customs and Border Protection citizenship and immigration services and Immigration and Customs enforcement officials Biden will be joined by Homeland Security secretary Alandra mayoras and local elected officia

ls the president will then deliver remarks around 3:30 this afternoon at the border patrol Brownsville Station his Focus will be on calling on Congress to pass the Senate bipartisan border security agreement that bill included funding for hiring more border patrol agents more technology and expanding Detention Facility capacities the bill also would add restrictions to border crossings that limit access to those seeking asylum in the US in an effort to stem the influx into the US that bill faile

d to pass in Congress earlier this month Air Force 1 is set to arrive at Brownsville South Padre International Airport at 1:30 this afternoon in Brownsville Victor hobo kou 11 News