Donald Trump Rails Against Biden Ahead Of Border Visit In Fiery Op-Ed - 'Joe Biden Created This Illegal Migrant Invasion - And Only I Can Stop It'

On Thursday, President Joe Biden is heading to Brownsville, Texas, to visit the southern border and attempt to show the American people that he is taking the crisis seriously. Simultaneously, however, 45th President Donald Trump is also heading to the border a few hundred miles away in Eagle Pass, Texas, where he is looking to draw a major contrast to the 81-year-old Democrat as thousands of illegal aliens cross over the border every day. In the leadup to his visit, Trump published a scathing op-ed on Biden's border failure, explaining, "Joe Biden created this illegal migrant invasion - and only I can stop it."

"In a last-minute trip, Biden is chasing me to the border, no doubt desperate to shirk blame for the catastrophe he has caused. But do not be deceived. The abolition of America's borders is Joe Biden's policy. The mass-migration of millions of illegal aliens into the United States is Joe Biden's plan. This is Joe Biden's invasion," Trump wrote. "When I left office, we handed Biden the most secure border in U.S. history. We ended catch and release. We built hundreds of miles of Border Wall. We implemented Remain in Mexico, Safe Third Country Agreements with Central American nations, an asylum ban, Title 42, and rapid removals."

Biden's trip to Brownsville comes as the Rio Grande Sector has seen a significant decrease in border crossings in recent weeks, largely due to the Mexican government taking action in the region. The sector only saw 7,340 arrests in January, the lowest rate since June 2020 under the Trump administration when Title 42 was in place. Trump's visit to Eagle Pass is the exact opposite, given that it has been the epicenter of illegal immigrant border crossings in recent years.

"When I was president, when illegal aliens trespassed across our border, they were captured, detained, and deported. When Joe Biden came into office, he willfully and deliberately obliterated every strong border policy I put into place, and launched the largest border invasion in American history. Biden stopped wall construction. He ordered an immediate suspension of removals. He ripped up Remain in Mexico. He terminated my asylum agreements. He ended Title 42. He tied the hands of our ICE and Border Patrol agents behind their backs. He made it known to the entire world that our border was wide open," Trump explained. "The very first bill Biden sent to Congress was a bill to turn illegal aliens into voting citizens. Instead of shipping them back across the border, he began shipping them to cities all over the United States by plane, train, and bus to resettle them in your communities."

Trump went on to explain that due to Biden's policy changes on the border, at least nine million migrants have entered the country under his watch over the past three years, which has led to local communities, both small and large, being overwhelmed. Trump highlighted the various recent criminal acts by illegal immigrants that have caught the public's attention, including the attack of two NYPD officers, the ransacking of homes in Michigan, and the murder of 22-year-old Georgia college student Laken Riley.

"He created this catastrophe. At any point in the past three years, he could have closed the border," the former president explained. "When I am re-elected, I will seal the border and shut down the invasion on Day One. And we will begin the process of removing Biden's illegal aliens from our country. Upon taking office, I will restore every strong border policy I had before — and impose tough additional measures to keep out the gang members, human traffickers, sadists and thugs. Finally, I will leverage every tool, resource, and authority to begin the largest domestic deportation operation in American history. This is just common sense."

Trump and Biden have very contrasting visions for U.S. policy on the southern border, and the American people are noticing. Immigration is the top issue for Americans in poll after poll due to Biden's lack of action. The two men's dueling visits on Thursday will show the American people who want to put America First and who want to put America Last.

You can read the full Daily Mail op-ed here.

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