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President Biden is restoring resources and staffing for the refugee program, which was gutted during the Trump administration.

The former president has tried to stoke fear around immigration and border security throughout his 2024 campaign, as he has done in the past.

The goal of the program is to keep people from skipping out on their asylum hearings, joining the millions of undocumented people who stay in the country indefinitely.

A conservative convoy gathered on the Texas border to support the state’s defiant stance on immigration. Despite worries over potential violence, the event was peaceful.