Texas Gov. Greg Abbott: Biden border visit a 'photo-op;' 'too little,' 'too late'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Additionally, the White House released a fact sheet last week outlining additional actions the administration was taking to reduce illegal immigration at the southwest border.
56% : Statistics compiled by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol show there were 465,034 encounters between migrants and law enforcement officials at the southwest border in the first two months of fiscal year 2023, which began in October.
49% : President Joe Biden visited the southwest border for the first time Sunday, as concerns grow about the high volume of illegal immigration negatively affecting U.S. citizens and border communities.
46% :Newly elected Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., issued a statement characterizing Biden's visit to the border as a "photo-op," suggesting that any calls for border security from the administration ring hollow as long as the president continues "pushing for amnesty for millions of immigrants who have crossed into the US illegally."
32% :The Texas governor urged Biden to "comply with the many statues mandating that various categories of aliens 'shall' be detained, and end the practice of unlawfully paroling aliens en masse," stop "sandbagging" Title 42, "aggressively prosecute illegal entry between ports of entry, and allow ICE to remove illegal immigrants in accordance with existing federal laws," immediately resume the construction of the border wall separating the U.S. from Mexico and "designate the Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations."
28% : Critics of the Biden administration previously attributed the rise in illegal border crossings, which began at the beginning of his presidency in 2021, to the abandonment of the Migrant Protection Protocols that required those seeking asylum in the U.S. to remain in Mexico while their asylum claims were adjudicated.

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