Texas lawmaker: Biden administration didn't cause influx of migrants at border

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Texas lawmaker: Biden administration didn't cause influx of migrants at border
"This is a challenge that we've been seeing for several years. It's not going away — until we fix it," Rep. Veronica Escobar said.
By MAYA PARTHASARATHY
03/14/2021 11:53 AM EDT


Rep. Veronica Escobar on Sunday pushed back on claims that the Biden administration's rollbacks of Trump-era immigration policies have caused a surge in undocumented migrants at the Southern border, saying such an argument "obscures the bigger picture."

"This is not something that happened as a result of Joe Biden becoming president," the Texas Democrat said on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday. "We saw the increases dating back almost a year, and this was during the Trump administration."

The number of migrant children detained at the border has tripled in recent weeks; host Jake Tapper pointed out that more than 4,000 children are currently in Border Patrol custody.

“What we are seeing today is the consequence of four years of dismantling every system in place to address this with humanity and compassion," Escobar said. She cited administration officials at Health and Human Services and other departments working to reduce the number of days children are detained before being moved to licensed facilities reunited with their families.

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