Trump, Biden Face Off in Border Showdown by Emel Akan, Janice Hisle, Samantha Flom – US Politics News

EAGLE PASS/BROWNSVILLE, Texas—Texas played host to a presidential showdown on Feb. 29 as President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump squared off at the southern border.
It was the first direct showdown of the election season for the leading Democratic and Republican presidential candidates. And as each addressed the worsening situation at the U.S.–Mexico border, their messages could not have been more different.
“This is a Joe Biden invasion,” President Trump said after receiving a briefing from state officials in Eagle Pass.
His choice of location was significant. The small border town along the Rio Grande has become a symbol of rebellion for Republicans since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott seized operational control of the riverfront in January in a defiant stand against the Biden administration’s immigration policies….