Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Too little, too late, Joe? Biden tells migrants NOT to come amid largest migrant surge in 20 years

Joe Biden on Tuesday had a message for migrants considering crossing into the United States: 'Don't come over.

The president's team is struggling to cope with a surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, in what is shaping up, along with the fight against COVID, to be one of the biggest challenges of his first 100 days.

His Homeland Security Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, said on Tuesday that the country was on track to see the highest number of arrivals across the southern border in 20 years.

'The idea that Joe Biden said: 'Come' - because I heard the other day that they're coming because they know I'm a nice guy,' Biden said.

The number of migrants being stopped at the U.S.-Mexico border has been rising steadily since last April, and the Biden administration is still rapidly expelling most single adults and families under a public health order issued by Trump, Title 42, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mayorkas admitted the a surge in the number of children is a challenge for the Border Patrol and other agencies amid the coronavirus pandemic.

'They're all coming across the border, they're coming fast, and they're wearing Biden T-shirts,' he said.
 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9370341/Too-little-late-Joe-Biden-tells-migrants-NOT-come-amid-largest-migrant-surge-20-years.html 

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