Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP / Getty Images
President Joe Biden was severely criticized for traveling to Arizona without going to the Mexican border
where there is a migratory crisis and that officials have asked for so much to be solved. Before embarking on his trip, the president had already confirmed that he would not go to the border because “more important things are happening” in the state, which generated a shower of negative comments. Before making the trip to Arizona to tour a semiconductor manufacturing plant, Fox News journalist Peter Doocy asked the president if he planned to visit the border area that is facing a crisis over the thousands of people trying to enter the US illegally every day.
“Because more important things are happening. They are going to invest billions of dollars in a new company”, was President Biden’s response and he did not give more details about it.
6922
The border issue has been highly criticized because The Biden administration has failed to do anything to come up with a solution. The Republicans will initiate an investigation in relation to this problem and demand that the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, be fired.
After Biden’s comments, a series of criticisms did not wait. “Tell that to border control”, wrote John Cooper of The Heritage Foundation.
The Border Patrol Union also reacted to the news and made a comparison with the president visiting an ice cream parlor.
“Visiting an ice cream parlor: very important. Visiting our border, where illegal immigration, deaths, escapes and fentanyl smuggling set new non-stop records with thousands of deaths as a result: it is not important, ”they commented.
Representative Dan Crenshaw, Republican of Texas, listed several concerns over the southern border and said it was not on Biden’s “priority” list.
Republicans on the House Oversight Committee Representatives asked, “is the worst border crisis in US history not important enough? The Republicans on the committee have seen firsthand that the border is a humanitarian and national security disaster,” they stated.
For her part, the White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, explained why the president did not plan to visit the border during his trip, detailing that his presence is required in a million-dollar investment Taiwanese plant in Phoenix.
“You will be visiting TSMC, a company that invests heavily to manufacture next-generation chips in Phoenix. This will bring new jobs and economic opportunity to Arizona. And it is largely thanks to the Law of Chips and Science”, commented Jean-Pierre during a press conference.
In statements to Fox News Digital, the spokeswoman tried to justify President Biden’s words, mentioning that he is working to secure the border, but is also focused on the US economy.
6922
“The president made it clear that His top priority is investing in the American economy and in American communities, bringing back American jobs from abroad. The economy is the top issue for most Americans. The president is also taking measures to secure our border “, Jean-Pierre detailed in a statement published by Fox News.
Democratic Senator from Arizona, Mark Kelly, who was re-elected in the midterm elections criticized his own party for its ineptitude to respond to the immigration crisis that is taking place on the southern border and that affects the state so much.
“When I first came to Washington, it didn’t take me long to realize that there are several Democrats who don’t understand our southern border and many Republicans who just want to talk about it,” he commented.
6922