The administration has been struggling operationally and politically with a record number of migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border during Biden's term with new highs hit in September.īiden initially promised to roll back many of Trump's immigration policies, but kept in place a COVID-era public health order known as Title 42, which allowed border agents to expel migrants to Mexico without a chance to seek asylum. The White House in a statement said it has taken a different approach to try to fix the 'broken immigration system' they said Biden 'inherited,' including increasing legal pathways for migrants and investing in border security technology. 'Starr County is home to some of the most spectacular and biologically important habitat left in Texas,' said Laiken Jordahl, Southwest conservation advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity, which has opposed the wall, in a statement, 'and now bulldozers are preparing to rip right through it.' 'There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries,' he said.Įnvironmentalists voiced their displeasure. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Members of the Texas National Guard try to dissuade migrants from climbing over the razor wire after they crossed the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S., September 29, 2023.
