US President Joe Biden was justified today for its extension wall on the border with Mexico, arguing that he had “no choice” but to use the funds that had been approved to build new sections of that fence in Texas to limit immigration flows into the area.

“They told me I had no choice” Biden said to reporters at the White House.

The US president explained that once Congress has passed legislation to build something, whether it’s an aircraft carrier or a wall, he can’t say he doesn’t like it and won’t pay for it.

Referred to in a possible meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping next month in San Francisco, he said it’s a possibility but nothing concrete is planned at this time.

Many American media outlets write that Biden will meet with Xi at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum to be held in mid-November in California.

In recent months, Beijing and Washington have resumed dialogue, with back-to-back visits by high-ranking US officials to China. But bilateral relations remain strained, with trade disputes and the Taiwan issue the thorniest differences between them.