Border Patrol union tells Biden to ‘keep our name out of your mouth’ ahead of Texas visit
Biden will meet with Border Patrol agents in Brownsville, Texas, later Thursday
By Adam Shaw Fox News
Published February 29, 2024 11:22am EST
The Border Patrol union issued a fiery warning on Thursday to President Biden, telling him to "keep our name out of your mouth," hours before the president is due to meet with officials at the border and urge passage of a Senate border bill.
Biden and former President Donald Trump are both heading to the border, with Biden visiting Brownsville, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley. He will meet with Border Patrol, law enforcement and local leaders.
"During his trip, the President will receive a briefing on border security operations and an operational briefing from CBP, ICE, and USCIS. Afterwards, the President will deliver remarks to emphasize the need for Congressional Republicans to stop putting politics ahead of our border security and pass the bipartisan border security agreement," a White House official said.
That bipartisan bill, which includes additional staffing for Border Patrol and other agencies, as well as funding for cities and states receiving migrants and limits on asylum, won the backing of the union. Conservative lawmakers, however, rejected the bill and said it would normalize unacceptably high levels of illegal immigration and the bill has not progressed.
While it backed the bipartisan bill that Biden also supports, the National Border Patrol Council has otherwise been intensely critical of the Biden administration’s handling of the border crisis and put that in no uncertain terms in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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