Biden asks Trump to work together to pass an immigration deal in Congress

The representative of U.S, Joe Bidenasked this Thursday the former president and Republican leader donald trump work with you to get enough support in Congress to an immigration agreement that collapsed in the Senate due to rejection by opponents.

During a visit to the border city of BrownsvilleSouth of TexasBiden insisted on “to need” for the legislature to pass a bill, agreed upon by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, that includes funding for immigration authorities as well as restrictions on the right to asylum and aid for Ukraine It is Israel.

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“This is what I say to Mr. Trump: join me or I will join you in telling the Congress approve bipartisan border security bill“, said the president, after meeting with members of the Border Patrol and immigration authorities.

The Democrat, who aspires to be his party’s candidate in November’s presidential elections, assured that the officials he spoke to told him they needed more financial support.

“They desperately need more resources, more agents, more officers, more judges, more equipment to protect our border.“, highlighted Joe Biden.

The controversial agreement, which was born after long negotiations in which officials from the The White Houseit was blocked by the Republican caucus in the Senate in early February.

The project combined aid to Ukraine and Israel, the Biden Administration’s two main foreign policy priorities, with the border issue, a thorny issue in an election year.

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Immigration across the border Mexicowhich reached record numbers last year, has become a central campaign issue for both Biden and donald trumpwho is already positioned as the favorite for his party’s candidacy.

Negotiations in the Senate were a reflection of the difficulty in moving forward on issues that touch the migration before an election: Republicans rejected the deal despite it including the biggest restrictions on immigration in decades.

Trump publicly positioned himself against this agreement and, in turn, according to US media reports, personally called some lawmakers to pressure them to vote against it.

Source: Elcomercio

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