President Joe Biden speaks to the press before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 29.
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden’s visit to the US-Mexico border to hammer Republicans over the failed Senate border bill, which included tough border security measures, marks a dramatic shift for a White House that generally distanced itself from the issue.
Images of thousands of migrants arriving at the US-Mexico border dogged the administration as it wrestled with how to manage multiple different nationalities — a significant change from previous years that proved challenging.
Sources tell CNN that discussions about the border at the White House were often tense as the issue increasingly became a political liability for Biden.
But now, the White House is trying to take advantage of Republicans backing away from the Senate border bill — and seizing on border security to take swipes at the GOP.
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