Both sides blamed each other for a lack of coordination as President Joe Biden heads to El Paso on Sunday for his first visit to the U.S.
The US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is pictured.
In an interview on ABC's This Week, Mayorkas said that Abbott's administration failed to cooperate with the federal government by exploiting migrants for political reasons.
According to Abbott, his staff received an email on Saturday night requesting that he meet Biden on the tarmac upon his arrival in Texas.
Abbott said that Biden's plan to expand a parole program for Haitians, Cubans and Nicaraguans, but also quickly expel them to Mexico if they cross the border without authorization, is not border enforcement.
Abbott called on Biden to enforce the immigration policies of the Trump administration to deny migrants at the border and build a border wall.
He said on Sunday Morning Futures that he would introduce legislation to allow military force to aid the Mexican army in their fight against the drug traffickers.
2.3 million. The number of people arrested at the border was the most ever recorded. In the last fiscal year, almost 10% of arrestees were from Cuba, and another 7.4% from Nicaragua and 8.5% from Venezuela, a stark change from previous years, when the majority of migrants were from Mexico or a few nearby countries in Central America.
Biden will make his first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday. He is going to meet with border agents and local officials before going to Mexico City to meet with the president and the prime minister.
The Biden Administration has blamed poverty and violence in Central and South America for the rise in border arrests, but Republicans have blamed Biden's immigration policies for the increase. The Title 42 program allows the US to quickly expel migrants at the border due to Covid-19 concerns. Proponents of the program argue that it controls illegal border crossing while opponents argue that it prevents migrants from seeking asylum. The Biden Administration tried to end Title 42 earlier this year, despite the fact that it was expanded to include migrants from Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba and Nicaragua. While the lawsuit against the policy plays out in court, the Supreme Court kept it in place. Last week, Biden said he waited to visit the border until there was a decision about Title 42.
The senators criticized the expansion of Title 42 to include Haitians. In a statement issued Thursday, the senators warned that they will not do anything to restore the rule of law at the border.
Biden said he would visit the southern border for the first time as president.
The judge ended the policy used to expel migrants.
Title 42 is kept in place by the Supreme court.
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