SINCE THE BEGINNING OF HIS MANDATE, THE ARRIVAL OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, MANY OF THEM UNACCOMPANIED MINORS, HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden , will travel to the border with Mexico on a date yet to be determined, given the crisis that has exploded at the beginning of his term due to the increase in the arrival of undocumented immigrants, many of them minors. alone .
“At some point, I will, yes,” Biden said, when asked if he planned to visit the border, speaking to reporters upon his return to the White House after spending the weekend at Camp David.
His Government, in this case represented by the Secretary of National Security (DHS, in English), Alejandro Mayorkas, endeavored this Sunday to defend his management of the migration crisis and to send a clear message: “Do not come to the United States “
Biden explained that apart from launching that slogan, his Administration will adopt more measures . “We are in the process now, including ensuring that we restore what was before, which was that (immigrants) can stay and present their cases from their countries of origin,” he said.
BIDEN ASKS IMMIGRANTS NOT TO COME
Mayorkas today conducted a round of interviews on some of the country’s main televisions, such as CNN, ABC, NBC News or Fox News, in which he repeated actively and passively the government’s appeal to immigrants not to undertake the trip. To USA.
Regarding the time it will take for the Executive to change the immigration system, the official stressed that it will be “as soon as possible” and blamed the Administration of former President Donald Trump (2017-2021).
“What we are doing is addressing the humanitarian needs of these minors in a way that reflects our values and our principles as a country,” explained Mayorkas, who traveled to the El Paso (Texas) border on Friday.
And he added that “it is difficult because the whole system was dismantled by the previous Administration”: “There was a system established under both Republican and Democratic administrations, which was shattered during the Trump Administration , and that is why the challenge is more serious than Never before”.
The ex-president, who is still the most popular leader among Republicans, was quick to react and hours later attacked Mayorkas and the Biden government, claiming that he had delivered “the safest border in history.”
“All they had to do was maintain a system that ran smoothly on autopilot,” he said. Instead, in the span of a few weeks, the Biden Administration has turned a national triumph into a national disaster. “
TRUMP CHARGE AGAINST BIDEN AND MAYORKAS
Trump called Mayorkas’ interventions on television “pathetic”, “useless” and “national disgrace”: “His self-indulgent presentation in the midst of a massive crisis that he has helped create is further proof that he is incapable of lead the DHS “, sentenced.
The former president urged the resumption of the construction of the wall on the border with Mexico , one of his star proposals and that was paralyzed by Biden on his first day in the White House, and assured that drugs are entering the United States through the border, in addition to sexual and human trafficking.
“The reckless policies of this Administration are allowing and encouraging crimes against humanity. Our country is being destroyed!” Cried Trump.
The number of unaccompanied immigrant minors who have crossed the border from the neighboring country has not stopped growing in the last month.
As of Saturday, there were 5,049 children and adolescents in the custody of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which is in charge of the Border Patrol, and a total of 9,830 immigrants of all ages; compared to the 4,615 minors and the total of 7,970 illegal immigrants that this agency had in its hands on Thursday.
The Pecos center will serve to house children and adolescents before their transfer to other places with educational, medical and recreational services, until they can be reunited with their families or guardians.