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Brought to you by sokoloff Law Mesothelial Mv victims call now 30 billion in trust money has been set aside. You may be entitled to a portion of that money. All when 808592400. Thats when 808592400 two visits to the border to politicians hoping to win the white house in november, donald trump and joe biden, both in Texas Gracian emerges is the issue that could make or break their campaigns for president in texas grappling with the biggest wildfire in state history, 1,000,008 thinkers burned so far in this one, authorities trying to grasp the scale of this crisis and the fire is only 3 contained plus a day unlike any other leaped february 29, why does it exist . And what would happen if we got rid of it . Two words, how under chaos, were going to discuss with one of my Childhood Idols were following these many of these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central A High Political Spectacle Playing Out In Texas right now, President Biden and former President Trump both visiting the usmexico border as immigration becomes a top concern for voters, for biden, this is marking a shift in approach. Hes looking to go on the offense after republican stymied a bipartisan bill that would have delivered some of the most substantial Border Reforms in years for trump today marks a continuation. Immigration has been central to his political identity. And for years hes tried to stoke fear around the issue often by spouting falsehoods about migrants we have both visits covered. Priscilla alvarez in brownsville, texas, Kristen Holmes in eagle pass. Priscilla to you first, what are we going to see and hear from biden here in the coming hours . Well, brianna, were here in the brownsville Border Patrol station where the president will deliver remarks. The podium behind me later this afternoon, and the white house is billing these remarks as a way to hammer republicans on congressional inaction when it comes to immigration. Specifically, that border, that Senate Border bill that was worked on in said between Senate Negotiators and white house officials that included some of the toughest Border Security measures. In recent memories. But the backed away from that deal at the encouragement of former President Donald Trump. And that is exactly what President Biden is going to go after today. Hey, take a listen to what White House Press secretary Karine Jeanpierre had to say about it this morning folks who are getting in the way here are republicans. They are getting in the way, and they are doing it because of what donald trump is telling them to do for their own, for his own political gain. And so this is where we are right now. So the present is going to take it directly to the American People now the fact that the president is here at all is notable. The last time the president visited the us, mexico border there was in january of 2023. But whats happening now appears to be this dramatic stripped by the white house to seize on an issue that up until this point was a political liability. Of course, this is an administration that has grabbed coupled with surges along the usmexico border multiple times. One that when it was discussed within the white house sources tell me was always a tense topic, but now white house officials and Campaign Officials see an opportunity to go after republicans really flip the script on them and trying to take advantage of the fact that republicans walked away from what they say would have been a solution for the problems on the us, border. Brianna all right priscilla, thank you. And kristin today, former President Trump, also on the border arguing he can fix it just a few weeks after he got republicans in washington here to reject a bunch of tighter Border Measures that were previously on their wishlist and on his yeah, brianna and he said that it wasnt for political reasons. He said that that you just wanted a better deal. But as you noted, so much of that was his list originally, but i do want to show you what hes going to do here. Its going arrive any minute here in eagle pass and to take a step back so you can see behind me, this is not the area where most of the migrants are crossing thing, but it is a political flashpoint. It really is the epicenter of this standoff between Governor Greg Abbott of texas and the Biden Administration on who takes over Border Security. You can see beyond this, theres members of the National Guard here. Theyve set up these train cars with razor wire. This is all governor abbott. He is also used it resources to put what razor wire on buoys in the rio grande, which is just beyond what you can see here. Hes going to tor this facility, donald trump, with the governor. Hes going to be briefed by the National Guard and really try and push forward his rhetoric on immigration because this is the type of Law Enforcement that he would have in a Second Administration that is what he has said a time and time again. Now again, we expect them any moment here he landed just a few minutes ago, he stopped by the cameras to deliver a quick message. This is what he said whether a beautiful day, but a very dangerous border. Were going to take care of it. Thank you dangerous border. That is what you expect to hear from him all day today. Hes going to give remarks. Hes going to also sit down for an interview later. But thats what hes going to hammer home. Hes going to link the border, link the crisis at the border to various crimes that have been allegedly commit by undocumented migrants. Its going to talk about the death of the uva students the suspect there is an undocumented venezuelan migrant. He wants to again, as you said, use that divisive rhetoric, used that fear stoking rhetoric. Hes hes done it since 2015. It helped usher him into the white house in 2016, and hes hoping it does it again in 2024 all right. Kristen will see. Thank you for that. Boris. So today, much of the attention is on the us side of the border, but cnns david culver has been getting the view from mexico. David, youve done an extensive reporting on the Immigrant Experience im wondering what the view from that perspective is of this Immigration Fight thats been playing out in the United States yeah, boris, weve made multiple trips South Of The Border and im always amazed by the level of desperation and determination. And i say that because you look at all the policy that will play out on the us side and people are obviously focusing on it for good reason including the migrants, migrants we have been on, as you see, there trains with weve been on the long arduous theres journey alongside them, hearing from them as to what their focused on it, and theyre looking at those shifts in policy. We saw that around title 42 a year plus ago and theyre wondering how that might affect them. So what do they do in these moments . Well, theyll often turn to what they believe can be a certainty and what that has been in recent months and years has been cartel smuggling. And thats been a huge business for these cartels. And it gets extreme. I mean, just about a month ago, we were patrolling along the Pacific Ocean with cbp. That tells you how extreme its gotten for some of these migrants. Therell be willing to go out onto the ocean in the middle of the night and attempt to cross into the us and to do so, of course legally. But at the same time for what they feel will be a better future. And you hear that time and time again. So i think when we see these moments of what seemed to be Major Political moves that could be imminent. And perhaps one party dominating over another we shouldnt be lost on us that migrants are looking at this too, and theyre looking at this in a way of saying, okay, how then can we find that certain way to get into the us . Because it doesnt stop them from wanting to try. The other aspect of this is of course, the frustration from mexican officials and weve seen that time and time again. They have tried to build up now along there are border are us Southern Border putting National Guard troops there, monitoring very closely. And youll even hear from some of the migrants who say, were more terrified about getting caught by mexican officials, then we are us officials. And so theyre hoping they can just scoot past some of the mexican officials, get into the us and then they feel like they can easily plate, get in line and claim asylum. So a lot of this is a frustrating factor for natalee, the migrants who will then try to figure out their way and but also officials and then you think of a broader picture, boris, and that is the regional issues. And they say if you really want to stop this, youve got to go to the source of it. I mean, just being an ecuador in the past few weeks, you see disruption there, instability people who for years never wanted to leave what was known as an island of peace, are now looking around and said, well, we may need to leave ecuador. Well, where are they going to go, boris . A lot of them tell us, well head north so it shows you regional stability is huge and tried to tackle this yeah, david, you alluded to that desire that you and i know well, through personal experience and end our familys experience of immigrants who seek shelter in this country as a beacon of hope for so many reasons do you get a sense and speaking of migrants that policies here in the United States might actually alter their decision to make the journey and to take that complicated step of seeking a different life in the United States i think it comes down to the level of desperation from which theyre fleeing. And it is at an alltime low for many of them, boris, a lot of these folks have interestingly enough, if you look at a country like venezuela, if theyve left, they actually left venezuela up several years ago and theyre currently in colombia and then realizing instability where they are now is forcing them up so i dont see anyone looking at us policy and saying, well, they may block us, so well give up. Not the case. Theyll figure out another way yet, and thats where it gets concerning, especially for officials who are monitoring those more dangerous points of entry, namely even coming up with the Pacific Ocean when we solve that and went along with cbp in the past few weeks to see how they have to monitor the ocean at night for people who will be dropped off on jetskis. Some of them will be dropped off very far from the shore and have to figure out a way to swim in many of them dont make it. So it just shows you that that determined the nation is fueled by the desperation. And this is some of those images right there. This was actually in la jolla a couple of weeks ago. If they come on boats like that, onshore and they run off, but it is not without its risks. And a lot of them do not make it. So it, it seems to be that if you try to close one entry point and you think that just shutting the door is going to do it. Youre missing the Bigger Picture and that Bigger Picture seems to be a needed regional approach to solve this at its source yeah, that Desire For Freedom and prosperity for so many migrants undeterred by policy. David culver very much appreciate the perspective. Thanks. Thanks, boris of course. And joining us now we have cnn senior political analyst mark preston on what does it stake politically here. And i mean, the numbers show markets a lot. You got this new gallup poll. It finds 28 of americans rank immigration as their top issue. And thats up 8 here just in the last month. Thats quite a jump hows this affecting the race well, i mean, this is going to be the issue heading into november for republicans, much like democrats are going to try to just hammer home on the abortion issue. You look at some of the rhetoric that President Trump has used over the past couple of years, over the past couple of months in the past couple of days, he describes immigrants as poisoning our blood right now, he has said that he has talked described this Immigration Crisis as an invasion of folks coming across the border. Hes talking about deportations, detention camps like this is all very, very strident rhetoric and its, its really designed to appeal to those hardcore maga supporters that want donald trump to win again. I just want letter excuse me. I just want to let our viewers know we are watching President Biden now in brownsville, he said to get a briefing there from officials on the ground. I believe i saw secretary alejandro mayorkas, the dhs secretary alongside him. There mark, what do you make of the politics of all of this when it comes to the next election, in the context of how this works out for democrats, i was talking to congressman Henry Cuellar from the border in texas earlier, and he was essentially saying that hes been urging democrats to be more vocal about Border Security and tackling this issue more aggressively. How does this potentially play out for them . I mean, it doesnt play out very well right now. I mean, if you look at the headlines, even though weve seen dpp4, excuse me, weve seen crossings go down over the past month and they were at their record high in december. This is the issue that people were talking about know anecdotally, you know, if you leave Washington Dc or probably you dont even have to leave Washington Dc see anymore because were seeing a lot of these immigrants that are coming into the major cities. We know new york citys having an issue right now with democratic mayor. He cant handle right now, its too much for him. This is a very tough issue for democrats and democrats probably do need to Start Talking about more Enforcement Mechanisms and we did hear President Biden say that he would use Executive Action to try to do some things at the border but that was really predicated, i think on whether or not congress would get something done and guess what happened. Donald trump told the house and the senate, republicans i dont want to see a border deal, even though there was bipartisan support yeah. So biden is trying to hammer trump on. Look, youre the one who got in the way of this bipartisan border deal that had been worked out in the senate between democrats, republicans, white house. But then on the flip side, i mean, we all know that its almost impossible to really pass policy during an Election Year thats just the reality that you face when youre in the white house. So who wins in that argument . Do we have a sense of that . Well, electorally perhaps republicans were able to use that to their electoral advantage be able to hold the House Of Representatives take back the United States senate, take back the white house. Now, thats a political win, but in reality, nobody wins right . Now. We see the conditions that are, that were going under. I mean, these are human when beings, these are folks coming across, but at the same time, we have to acknowledge it. And i think from your interview last hour, that was wellstated, the fact that the matter is we do have communities along the border that are getting swamped with this and you know, us living hundreds, thousands of miles away from where thats happening its a lot easier for us to tell them what to do but theyre the ones that have to do it. Two degree mark quickly. Would you say that that shift that weve seen from eric adams, for example, among some democrats partly its due to republican governors like greg abbott and ron desantis that have moved migrants from the border to sanctuary cities, would you say that thats been an effective step . I would say one of the silliest things that ive ever seen is when ron desantis gotta jet, put migrants on it and fluid up to cape cod basically. Right. But you know, fluid up today, im talking the fact of the matter is though its silly as that was he did hit home a point that we have seen now to the point weve talked about eric adams saying, look at the Sanctuary City things just not working like we cant do it. But he did make a point when he did that. Every state feeling it mark preston. Thank you so much. Thanks. Dozens of palestinians killed waiting for food and gaza, the potentially devastating results that this may also have on those Ceasefire Talks plus the destruction, continuing in northern deck, texas, as you see this handful of just huge fires continuing to scorch communities at a rapid rate deadly consequences in at least one case. And one of several major cases involving former President Trump heading to the Supreme Court is trump looks to postpone upcoming

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