Biden is planning a visit to the US-Mexico border

US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he plans to visit the US-Mexico border during an upcoming trip, which would come after frequent criticism from Republicans that the US government has failed to secure the border.

“That’s my intention,” Biden, a Democrat, told reporters when asked about the border trip. “We’re working on the details now.”

Biden will travel to Mexico City on January 9 and 10 for the North American Leaders Summit, where he will meet with Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Biden, who took office in January 2021, has wrestled operationally and politically with a record number of migrants caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, and migration is expected to be on the meeting agenda.

Republicans have criticized Biden for encouraging migrants to cross with lax border security policies, while Biden officials say they are trying to create a more orderly and humane system.

U.S. Representative Kevin McCarthy, who is vying to become Speaker of the House of Representatives as Republicans take control of the House this month, said in November that he had invited Biden to visit the Southwest border with him.

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