‘Just show up!’: House Dem Henry Cuellar rips Biden for not visiting the border

A border-state House Democrat ripped President Biden on Wednesday for not showing enough urgency about the immigration crisis at the southern border — claiming the situation will be out of control.

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that communities in his state will soon be “overwhelmed” by migrants crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into Texas and that the 80-year-old president needs to “show up” at the border to in a demonstration of support for the impacted communities and the beleaguered members of law enforcement.

“I don’t know why they keep avoiding the border and saying there’s other things, more important things, than visiting the border. If there is a crisis, show up. Just show up,” and exasperated Cuellar said.

“Just showing up at the border would send a strong signal to the communities that he’s there, he cares about the border communities. Just show up! It doesn’t take much to just show up at the border,” Cuellar pleaded.

When asked by Collins if he believes the Biden administration views the crisis with any kind of “urgency,” Cuellar responded that he doesn’t think so.

“I don’t think they do, or if they do, they just have a very different perspective,” the congressman said. “It’s OK to listen to immigration activists. It’s OK to do that. But who is listening to the men and women in green and blue and who is listening to our border communities?”

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