Over the weekend President Biden slipped and admitted that there is a “crisis” at the border after he announced that he’s caving to the far left over refugee admissions.
“We’re going to increase the number [of refugees],” Biden told reporters. “The problem was that the refugee part was working on the crisis that ended up on the border with young people. We couldn’t do two things at once. But now we are going to increase the number.”
Biden’s admission comes after border patrol experienced 172,000 migrant encounters during the month of March.
“The men and women of the Department of Homeland Security are working around the clock seven days a week to ensure that we do not have a crisis at the border — that we manage the challenge, as acute as the challenge is,” DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said last month.
Biden also announced that he is going to increase the cap of refugee admissions to 125,000 and would be willing to increase it even more.
“This Biden Administration refugee admissions target is unacceptable,” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said. “These refugees can wait years for their chance and go through extensive vetting. Thirty-five thousand are ready. Facing the greatest refugee crisis in our time there is no reason to limit the number to 15,000. Say it ain’t so, President Joe.”
Far left Democrats rejoice that he caved.
This is a testament to the power that people’s movements, community advocates, & progressive coalitions have built.
Thankful for that and the Biden admin’s decision to respond to organizers today.
Now let’s get these families to their new homes here in the United States. ? https://t.co/uPpzVMpUS8
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 17, 2021
Press Secretary Psaki reported last week that in May Biden will raise the cap.
“While finalizing that determination, the President was urged to take immediate action to reverse the Trump policy that banned refugees from many key regions, to enable flights from those regions to begin within days; today’s order did that,” she said. “With that done, we expect the President to set a final, increased refugee cap for the remainder of this fiscal year by May 15.”
With Biden raising the cap it could cause an even greater surge at the border than what we are experiencing now.
