Biden administration facing a ‘challenge’ at Mexico border but not a crisis, DHS chief says
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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas blamed the Trump administration Monday for the growing number of unaccompanied minors held in U.S. custody after crossing the Mexico border, saying the former president’s policies left President Biden with a “gutted” immigration system.
A day after Trump blasted Biden’s border policies in a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference, Mayorkas appeared in the White House briefing room to respond and deny that the new administration is spiraling into a crisis.
“We are challenged at the border,” Mayorkas said. “It is a stressful challenge.”
“That is why, quite frankly, we are working as hard as we are, not only in addressing the urgency of the challenge, but also in building the capacity to manage it and to meet our humanitarian aspirations and execution of the president’s vision,” he said.
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