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Until now, the Biden administration has declined to label the drastic increase in migrant numbers, which reached 172,000 encounters in March alone, as a “crisis.” Instead, he has referred to it as a “challenge,” blaming it on the Trump administration’s harsh migration and deportation policies.
US President Biden referred to the situation at the border as a “crisis” for the first time since it has begun, while defending his administration’s reversal on refugee policy the day before.
“We’re going to increase the number [of refugees],” he told reporters…