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Trump, Abbott and other Republicans have criticized Democratic
President Joe Biden for rolling back Trump immigration
restrictions as the number of migrants arriving at the border
has reached the highest monthly levels in two decades.
"We went from having border security that was the envy of the
world to a lawless border that is now pitied around the world,"
Trump said in statement announcing he had accepted an invitation
from Abbott to visit the border on June 30.
Trump did not say where along the 1,250-mile (2,000 km) border
he would be visiting. Abbott's office did not immediately
respond to a request for comment.
Trump made the building of a wall along the border a signature
part of his presidency, saying it was needed to stop illegal
immigration and drug smuggling.
Biden issued an executive order on his first day in office –
Jan. 20 - that paused wall construction, saying "a massive wall
that spans the entire southern border is not a serious policy
solution."
Biden's order was the first in a series of moves to undo many of
the Trump administration's immigration curbs and to put in place
what the Biden administration has called more humane policies.
Abbott said last week that his state would build its own border
wall, but whether he has the resources and legal authority to do
that remains unclear.
(Reporting by Eric Beech; editing by Richard Pullin)
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