President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet Thursday with U.S. Border Patrol officials and local leaders in Brownsville, Texas, as part of his second trip to the southern border amid what the top House Republican calls the “catastrophe” that has occurred there on Biden’s watch.
Biden’s trip comes as House Republicans push the president to take executive action to secure the border—by reversing his previous executive orders rolling back border security measures. Biden has taken 89 executive actions to reverse Trump administration border policies since taking office in January 2021, according to the Migration Policy Institute.
Former President Donald Trump last week announced that he would travel the same day to Eagle Pass, Texas, to focus attention on border security. The White House announced Biden’s visit after that.
Biden’s much-criticized previous trip…
