US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump made separate visits to the US-Mexico border in Texas, competing over who has the best approach to tackling immigration.The simultaneous visits by the two politicians on Thursday, 523km (325 miles) apart on the banks of the winding border river, highlighted the extent to which illegal immigration has become a hot-button issue ahead of a likely election rematch between the pair in November.Biden, who visited the Rio Grande Valley city of Brownsville, long the busiest corridor for border crossings, underlined the necessity of a bipartisan border security bill, which was tanked by Republicans on Trump’s orders. He asked the Republican frontrunner to join him in supporting a congressional push for more funding and tighter restrictions.
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