In State of the Union, Biden urges GOP to back immigration compromise: "Send me the border bill now"

Eagle Pass, Texas — President Biden used his State of the Union remarks on Thursday to forcefully call on Republican lawmakers in Congress to pass a bipartisan immigration compromise that stalled last month, accusing them of derailing the proposal for political reasons.

"I'm told my predecessor called members of Congress in the Senate to demand they block the bill," Mr. Biden said, referring to former President Donald Trump, his likely Republican rival in the 2024 presidential election. 

Congressional Republicans, the president said, "owe it to the American people" to pass the proposal.