Former President Trump
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Trump claimed in a statement on Sunday that his administration “has given the Biden administration the safest border in history.”
“All they had to do was keep this smoothly running system on autopilot. Instead, the Biden administration has turned a national triumph into a national disaster in just a few weeks. They are well above their heads and absorb water quickly, ”Trump said.
The former president specifically targeted the Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas
Alejandro Mayorkas Number of Migrant Children in US Custody Passed 15,000: Report Sunday Shows Preview: Biden Administration Struggles With Border Rise; US mourns Atlanta killed victims Mexico launches measures to restrict border crossings from Guatemala MORE, who appeared on a list of Sunday morning political news shows earlier in the day to defend the Biden administration’s immigration policies.
Mayorkas said on Fox, NBC, ABC and CNN that the US southern border remains “closed,” while stressing that the US will not deport unaccompanied minors.
“This is not the time to come. Don’t come, the journey is dangerous. We build safe, orderly and humane ways to meet the needs of vulnerable children. Don’t come, ‘Mayorkas said on ABC’s’ This Week’.
He also dismissed allegations on Sunday that border guard agents were under a “gag order” amid questions about press access to facilities for migrants.
Trump condemned Mayorkas as “pathetic,” “no idea,” “smug,” and “unable to lead the Department of Homeland Security” in his statement, adding that Mayorkas’ performances on Sunday were a “national disgrace.” Trump called for “an immediate congressional investigation” into what he called a “gag order for our nation’s heroic border agents and ICE officers.”
“Obviously they are doing a huge cover up to hide how bad things really are. The only way to end the Biden border crisis is to admit their utter failure and adopt the highly effective, proven Trump policy, ” Trump claimed, calling on Biden’s immigration officials to the former president’s distinctive border wall, claiming that “ our country is being destroyed. ”
Mayorkas blamed a lack of access to the press on concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on Sunday.
“Border patrol agents are focused on operations, on securing the border, on meeting the needs of vulnerable children. We are not focused on riding at the moment,” he said.
Biden last week urged migrants not to make the trip to the US as his government faces an influx at the border.
The number of migrant children in US custody has passed 15,000, CBS News reported Saturday.