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Biden Says He Intends to Visit US-Mexico Border Next Week

Texas National Guard troops block migrants at a border crossing along the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas on December 20. 

Texas National Guard troops block migrants at a border crossing along the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas on December 20. 

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President Joe Biden says he intends to visit the US-Mexico border next week for a first-hand look at conditions as his administration contends with a surge in migration. 

“That’s my intention, we’re working out the details now,” Biden told reporters traveling with him to Kentucky and Ohio on Wednesday. He declined to elaborate.