Biden: Surge in Illegal Immigration Began Under Trump Administration

President Joe Biden on Wednesday said the current surge of illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border started under the Trump administration.

Other senior administration officials, including Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, have blamed the previous administration's policies for the surge and the conditions along the border.

Republicans are sure to disagree with Biden's assertion on Wednesday, as a number of GOP members of Congress in recent days have blamed Biden for the surge in illegal immigrants.

Rhetoric from Biden and other Democrats about creating a pathway for 11 million illegal aliens is triggering the spike in people trying to cross the border, Republicans have said.

Vela, citing Border Patrol data, said that 13 percent of unaccompanied minors encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border are under the age of 12, while the majority are aged 13 or older.

Rep. Henry Cuellar, whose district also lies along the border, called on the White House to release unaccompanied minors-children who unlawfully enter the country without an adult-from Border Patrol custody into the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services.

"Any president should come down [and] really spend time with border communities. You know, the president sent a delegation and a bunch of folks from the White House," Cuellar told Fox News last week, urging Biden to visit the border.

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