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Biden, Abbott Face Off Over Immigration at the Mexico-Texas Border

  • Abbott gives Biden letter demanding ‘swift action’ on border
  • Biden tours port of entry, migrant facility during visit
Migrants attempt to evade law enforcement after crossing the US and Mexico border in El Paso.

Migrants attempt to evade law enforcement after crossing the US and Mexico border in El Paso.

Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg
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President Joe Biden was confronted at the airport in El Paso on Sunday by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who demanded in a hand-delivered letter that Biden act immediately to stop unauthorized immigration including by building more walls on the border.