Ron Klein blamed the ongoing migrant crisis on Congress on Sunday morning, claiming he had not approved the aid requested to secure the southern border after the administration removed its pandemic-era protections next month. Prepares for the influx of migrants on a large scale.
‘Look, we need to do more work on the border,’ the president Joe BidenChief of Staff told ABC’s This Week host George Stephanopoulos.
“The president sent an immigration plan to Congress on his first day in office,” he explained. ‘We have consistently asked for more resources.’
The comment comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.CDC) announced Friday that on May 23 it would abolish Title 42, which allowed the immediate deportation of asylum seekers – without hearing their claims – in between COVID-19 global pandemic.
Even some Democrats are coming out against the move, claiming it is not a good option to end the crisis at the southern border, when Title 42 is no longer in play.
Klein assured Sunday that the administration has put in place security measures that will help the Border Patrol and other immigration agencies “more clearly process asylum claims” once the policy ends.
But with the chief of staff warning that border crossings could triple at the end of May, Biden’s team is also concerned about making sure legal asylum claims are being heard.
“We also have to be honest about what is happening at the border,” he said. ‘We have people showing asylum claims from places like Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Brazil. People fleeing the regime where they are feeling oppressed, are coming here to claim asylum.
White House Chief of Staff Ron Klein suggested Sunday that Congress is to blame for the southern border crisis
Since Biden took office in January 2021, CBP has faced more than 2.2 million migrants and the border – and that number could triple with the end of Title 42.
‘I think everyone’s goal should be to make sure that those claims of asylum, those claims of people fleeing persecution, are heard immediately. Those who deserve protection from prosecution get that protection.
‘Those who are not sent are immediately sent back to where they came from.’
Some reports from last month estimated at least 170,000 migrants waiting on the Mexico side of the border, ready to claim asylum on the US side once Title 42 is lifted.
Since Title 42 was put in place, more than a million migrants caught at the border have been rapidly expelled to Mexico or other countries, often within hours of being captured.
Also since Biden took office, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has faced more than 2.2 million migrants who are illegally seeking or claiming asylum at the southern border.
From February 2021 – the first full month of Biden’s presidency – to the end of the last fiscal year on the last day of September 2021, at least 1.44 million migrants have been apprehended or confronted.
So far 838,635 encounters have taken place in the financial year 2022 that started from 1 October 2021.
Experts warn that migration flows at the southern border could triple once Title 42 ends on May 23. Pictured: Migrants in Mexico participate in a caravan towards the US in Tapachula, Friday April 1.
And now, CBP officials are warning that in the first six months of fiscal year 2022, there will be at least one million encounters in the US. The March numbers are likely to be released sometime in mid-April.
Some Democrats broke with the party last week after news of the end of the policy broke.
He claimed that the administration has no option but to stop the coming mass exodus.
Moderate Democratic Senator Kirsten Cinema said she and fellow Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, also a Democrat, talked with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about not abolishing Title 42 unless there are other security measures at the border. be.
Cinema tweeted about her and Kelly’s meeting on Wednesday, “We spoke with the @DHSgov secretary about the Administration’s Title 42 contingency plans, following our letter to the President, to support border communities. urged not to abolish Title 42 without a comprehensive plan.”
It said in a statement after a meeting of its border state constituents and illegal border crossers: ‘Abolishing Title 42 without a comprehensive plan puts the health and safety of migrants and Arizona communities at risk.’
She is the chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Cinema Border Management.
Junior Arizona Senator Kelly said in a statement on the meeting with DHS Secretary Alejandro Meyercas, “Our law enforcement, border communities and nonprofits still need to have enough planning or action to end Title 42 without providing humanitarian assistance to migrants.” There isn’t enough coordination.” To discuss the Administration’s Title 42 Contingency Plan.
“We will continue to advance the Biden administration to meet the resources and needs of Arizona in the midst of this crisis on our southern border,” Kelly said.
Ukrainians fleeing Europe after Russia’s invasion on February 24 are adding to the emigration crisis. Image: Aerial view of Ukrainians seeking asylum in the US at a temporary camp at the San Ysidro crossing port in Tijuana, Baja California state, on Saturday, April 2
Senator Joe Manchin — who completes the liberal Democratic trifecta with Kelly and cinema — also told reporters Thursday that the administration should abandon plans to dismantle the Trump-era policy.
New Hampshire Senator Maggie Hassan also tweeted on Wednesday: ‘I am concerned that there is not enough planning to address the massive increase in border crossings as a result of this reported decision.’
“This pre-revocation threatens border security at a time when the administration should focus on strengthening it,” he said.
The CDC is giving the administration two months to prepare for a possible tripling of migration to the southern border.
Title 42 was enacted under former President Donald Trump and allows for the immediate removal of migrants and the ability to prevent their asylum claims from being heard in the midst of a public health emergency.
Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas warned of a human ‘tsunami’ on Wednesday along the border with the end of Title 42.