the president making his trip to the southern border since taking office. working to address immigration in the influx of people coming to our southern border. the other big story tonight coming from brazil. or supporters of former president bolsonaro fueled by election denialism storm the governments congress. refusing to accept the truth that bolsonaro lost. bolsonaro, we should note, refusing himself to accept defeat. we ll have more on this throughout the night. but first, let s start in el paso, texas, where the president s tonight. we re told that he has been briefed on the situation in brazil. he s in texas making a symbolic step toward addressing immigration. and the influx of migrants at our border. he met with local officials a short time ago, assessing border patrol operations at the bridge of america s port of entry. on arrival in tax, and biden was greeted by republican governor greg abbott. one of his chief critics who gave him a letter laying out what republi
church during. gave you terrorist spoke to one of them. take a listen to that. he says he got here yesterday, [speaking non-english] alex, he says that he s venezuelan, he got here yesterday. he doesn t know why he s being arrested. again, as you can see there s active arrests going on right now by local officials. here in el paso right outside the sacred heart church. immigration advocates warn this can actually be a dhs violation. what do you think? what s important to, remember is seeking asylum and refugee is a human right. we have a moral, legal operation to ensure that safe in orderly processes of people that are fleeing, like i flanagan omicron stability,
that need to get. down one, there needs to be a proactive version. a regional vision for what migration looks like from north americans. i think it s important for us to have these conversations that are about to happen in mexico. it s important for us to be involved. the second thing is that we must ensure we don t fall into myopic and ineffective policies. like the one that have been what we re trying to figure out the answer, those policies harm people, there are not effective. the third thing, we must have a pathway forward for undocumented people here in the u.s.. we must have to distance up for 11 million people. as someone who crossed the rio grande when i was seven years old. and now we have united we dream. it s disappointing to see the expansion of trump era policies under the biden administration. i want to ask you about some of those policies, before biden s arrival migrants were being arrested outside of
republicans take control in congress to demonstrate the seriousness of purpose, a substantial approach that republicans are clearly trying to demagogue. you mentioned that letter from governor abbott, that he handed to the president on the tarmac. the president later saying, he hadn t had a chance to read it. but certainly, one the president and his multiple advance over the course of this week on immigration. trying to lay down a challenge to republicans in congress. departed with the mullet he says are the only real substantial measures that can address the challenge. executive actions. of course there s never any shortage of political theater when it comes to the issue of immigration. but it s good to see the president laying down a challenge for more substance. for republicans. nbc s mike memoli, thank you. now to the bigger issue happening over biden s trip. immigration reform. it requires congress willing to work together. the question before us as do we have one. the answe
the president making his trip to the southern border since taking office. working to address immigration in the influx of people coming to our southern border. the other big story tonight coming from brazil. or supporters of former president bolsonaro fueled by election denialism storm the governments congress. refusing to accept the truth that bolsonaro lost. bolsonaro, we should note, refusing himself to accept defeat. we ll have more on this throughout the night. but first, let s start in el paso, texas, where the president s tonight. we re told that he has been briefed on the situation in brazil. he s in texas making a symbolic step toward addressing immigration. and the influx of migrants at our border. he met with local officials a short time ago, assessing border patrol operations at the bridge of america s port of entry. on arrival in tax, and biden was greeted by republican governor greg abbott. one of his chief critics who gave him a letter laying out what republicans want