Nancy Pelosi says the Biden administration has the border situation 'under control'

The tragic crossing comes after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claimed the situation at the border was 'under control' even as government figures show record numbers of people trying to cross into the U.S. at the southern border.

The drowning happened on Wednesday afternoon near Laredo, Texas, as the two teens were among a group of migrants who attempted to flee just after U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested several people during an alleged human smuggling bust in Texas.

Pelosi had made her statement at a press briefing at the Capitol, after White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki had to walk back her own comment Thursday after briefly referring to the crush of childhood migrants at the southern border as a 'crisis.

The comments came amid other dramatic pictures of migrants crossing Mexico toward the U.S. - even with one camp set up in Tijuana, Mexico flying a Biden flag - perhaps in support of the president's advertised 'more humane' treatment of migrants at the border.

In the latest sign of what the administration faces, Customs and Border Protection has requested aircraft to move migrants in its custody to processing facilities on the Canadian border to alleviate the crunch, the Washington Post reported.

Republicans have blamed the record number of border crossings on the Biden administration, claiming the president's repeal of Donald Trump's stricter policies has led to the surge.

Biden administration officials, including the president himself, have said the border is closed and asked migrants not to come.

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