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Washington, D.C.—US President Joe Biden on Thursday defended plans to extend the border wall with Mexico, saying he didn’t think such barriers worked but that he was bound by laws introduced under Donald Trump.
Biden, who is polling neck-and-neck with rival Trump ahead of a likely 2024 election rematch, insisted his predecessor had tied his hands on the wall-building. But Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas later said the announcement had been “taken out of context.” Meanwhile some Democrats including progressive lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized the wall decision. So did conservationists after it emerged that two dozen federal environmental laws would be waived to build the extension.“We have to comply by law and that’s what we’re doing,” Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador criticized the US plan, calling it a “setback” ahead of talks with Blinken.
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