The White House on Thursday claimed that President Biden has “done the work” to deal with the ongoing crisis at the southern border, despite an ongoing and relentless surge of migration under his watch.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about the looming end of the Title 42 public health order — which has been used to expel a majority of migrants at the southern border since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic — next week.
The end of that order, mandated by a court ruling that found the use of the authority unlawful, has led to concerns from both Republicans and Democrats that the administration is not prepared for what is widely expected to be an additional surge in migration on top of the already historic numbers seen under the administration.
There were more than 2.3 million migrant encounters in FY 2022, and FY 2023 has so far been on pace to exceed that. DHS recently requested an additional $4 billion in border funding, based on projections of between…
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