What's at stake for Biden and Trump as both visit border - BBC News

Both are talking tough on immigration - an issue that could decide the presidency, writes Anthony Zurcher.

2 days agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsUS election 2024Image source, ReutersImage caption, Many who head to the US do so on foot - and last year, records numbers crossed the border from MexicoBy Anthony ZurcherNorth America correspondentJoe Biden and Donald Trump will both travel to the US-Mexico border on Thursday, locked in a high-stakes political duel on an issue that could ultimately decide the US presidential election.

That border was crossed last year by 2.5 million undocumented migrants, an influx that has overwhelmed processing facilities and pushed social services in major American cities to the brink.

The day provides an opportunity for Mr Biden to try to convince voters he is serious about immigration, while Mr Trump's own trip is yet another chance to shine a spotlight on an issue that has been the central focus of his political career.

November's general election is expected to be a Biden-Trump rematch, although the two candidates have not secured their respective parties' nomination quite yet.

Mr Trump is visiting Eagle Pass, the Texas border town where Republican Governor Greg Abbott has defied the Biden White House by using state National Guard soldiers to detain undocumented migrants and erect border barricades, including razor-wire fences that critics say are inhumane.

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