Biden, Trump Clash in Texas With Dueling Trips to Border

Leaders visit border areas more than 300 miles apart
Voters say migrant crisis is one of their top 2024 concerns

Members of the National Guard at an entrance to Shelby Park along the Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass, Texas, US, on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024.Source: Bloomberg

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By Josh Wingrove, Thomas Black, and Gregory Korte

February 29, 2024 at 8:56 PM UTC

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February 29, 2024 at 10:23 PM UTC

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President Joe Biden and his political rival Donald Trump undertook dueling visits to the US southern border on Thursday, highlighting an issue that stands to feature prominently in an expected November rematch of their bitterly contested 2020 contest.

With Biden in Brownsville and Trump 300 miles away in Eagle Pass, the president and his predecessor competed for attention, each seeking to demonstrate his ability to respond to a migrant surge that voters say is one of their top concerns ahead of November’s election.