Biden is already facing immense pressure to do more to secure the U.S.-Mexico border and the latest shooting in Texas is intensifying criticisms again.
that the Mexican national suspected of fatally shooting five people, including a 9-year-old boy, in Cleveland, Texas, was deported four times before Friday's tragedy.
Concerns about Francisco Oropeza Pere-Torres' immigration status at the time of the shooting have furthered Republican criticisms that Biden's approach to the southern border is not strict enough. Since Biden has taken office, monthly migrant encounters have reached record highs at levels not seen in more than two decades, government statistics show.
Texas has seen some of the greatest increase in migrant crossings, with some places like El Paso experiencing a 130-percent spike. Governorhas attempted to bring national attention to the issue by transporting migrants who arrive in his state up north to cities run by Democratic mayors. San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers speaks to the media outside of a crime scene where five people, including a 9-year-old child, were killed after a shooting inside a home on April 29, 2023, in Cleveland, Texas. Republicans are urging for stricter border control while Democrats are pushing for stricture gun control in the wake of the shooting.The renewed criticisms of Biden's immigration approach also come days before Title 42, a Trump-era policy that allowed the U.S.
The Biden administration has repeatedly sought to end the use of Title 42, saying the policy"makes the problem at the border even worse" because it would allow migrants who are turned away to repeatedly try to re-enter the U.S. illegally.
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