White House weighs border visit during Biden’s Mexico trip

UPDATE:

HEBRON, Kentucky (AP) — Biden says its his 'intention' to visit southern border before Mexico City summit next week with Mexico, Canada leaders.

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By Phil Mattingly, CNN

White House officials are weighing the addition of a visit to the US-Mexico border when President Joe Biden travels next week to the North American Leaders' Summit in Mexico City, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The visit would mark Biden's first to the border since he took office and comes as officials continue to grapple with a migrant crisis and an immigration system officials across the administration call "broken." A final decision on whether to add the border stop has not been made, one of the sources said.

Biden's potential trip to the border was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.

White House officials have resisted calls by Republicans for Biden to visit the border for two years, dismissing the idea as political theater. But in the weeks since the midterm elections, officials have explored potential pathways for immigration legislation in a divided Congress.

This is a breaking story and will be updated.

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