Biden watched as border officers in El Paso demonstrated how they search vehicles for drugs, money and other contraband.
It's an unwelcome complication for a Biden national security team seeking to shift attention away from the Middle East and toward rivals like China and Russia.
President Joe Biden recently staged a photo op at the border on his way to a summit in Mexico, having just unveiled a plan to address the border disaster. Maybe it will work as political damage control, but it will not fix the border — and will probably make it worse.
By temperament and manner, Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell are decidedly mismatched. But with the days of politically divided government under Biden underway, their long relationship will become even more important.Â
White House chief of staff Ron Klain, who's spent more than two years as President Joe Biden’s top aide, is preparing to leave his job in the coming weeks. His departure comes as the White House is shifting to a defensive posture now that GOP lawmakers are planning investigations into the Biden administration.
An Afghan soldier who worked alongside U.S. troops as a member of the Afghan National Security Forces is seeking asylum in the U.S. and has been jailed at an immigrant detention center in Texas since he was arrested trying to cross the Mexico border.Â
A Texas National Guard member shot and wounded a migrant during a struggle this month on the U.S.-Mexico border as the soldier tried to detain the person, according to records from the state military, which has not publicly disclosed the incident.
January is on track to see the lowest level of monthly border encounters since the beginning of the Biden administration.
Both Republicans and Democrats have used migrant surges along the U.S.-Mexico border in an effort to score political points, according to U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas.
Going into Tuesday's State of the Union address, President Joe Biden sees a nation with a glowing economic future. But Republicans take a far gloomier view.
President Joe Biden will use his second State of the Union address Tuesday to remind Americans of how their lives have been improved over his first two years in office, as he tries to navigate the tricky politics of a newly divided Washington.Â
A sharp drop in illegal border crossings since December may be blunting a Republican point of attack against President Joe Biden as the Democratic leader moves to reshape a broken asylum system that has dogged him and his predecessors.Â
A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery ended with two Americans dead — and two others found alive in a rural area near the Gulf coast.
Nearly four decades have passed since federal immigration laws got a major rewrite. Even more strikingly, it could be at least that long before another extensive immigration proposal becomes law.
This is the first time the administration has done this, a practice often employed by the Trump presidency.Â
