The White House, under attack over the use of detention centers for migrant children that Democrats invaded under former President Donald Trump, noted on Thursday that the facilities are providing educational services – even with schools across the country. country struggling to reopen.
Asked about the increase in migrants on the border – as well as the progressive Democratic reaction to the management of the Biden government through the use of detention centers, White House press secretary Jen Psaki defended the effort as a human.
“What is happening now is that children are fleeing lawsuits, fleeing threats in their own countries, traveling alone, unaccompanied to the border. And our focus is to approach this from the point of view of humanity and with security in mind, ”she said. reporters at a meeting at the White House on Thursday.
Psaki went on to say that children are prosecuted as quickly as possible by Customs and Border Protection, ideally within three days, and then transferred to Human Services and Health facilities, where they wait to be placed with examined families.
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She then explained that a new HHS facility, one that spawned accusations of hypocrisy over previous allegations of keeping “children in cages” during the Trump administration, was opened because children needed to be able to practice social distance measures and follow other COVID protocols -19.
The new space, “has been remodeled. There are educational services there. There are health services and medical services.”
“Our best option, in our opinion, is to have these children processed in HHS facilities, where there are COVID protocols, where they are safe, where they have access to medical and educational care. There are very few good options here, and we chose the that we think is the best. “
White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press conference at the White House on Thursday, February 25, 2021, in Washington. (Associated Press)
While the Biden administration continues to ensure that these educational facilities are good and operational, Psaki and other employees continue to develop their attitude towards face-to-face education.
The administration changed its positions on everything from changing schedules for reopening to concerns about how many days a week students could return.
The White House has faced increasing pressure to reopen schools in recent weeks, while tired parents complain about delays due to resistance from the teachers’ union, despite the green light from federal health officials.
That pressure only increased after Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading infectious disease specialist, said it would be “great”, but not essential, for all teachers to be vaccinated before returning to the classroom.
Biden, a friend of the teachers’ unions, avoided using his influence to suppress dissent from groups in some of the country’s largest cities.
Asked about the resistance on Thursday on ABC’s “The View” program, Psaki said the government’s focus was to return children to school “safely”.
“We are confident that we can reopen schools, we can reopen them safely and that we can do it quickly,” she said, adding that the White House believes vaccination “should be prioritized for teachers – and half of the states in the country are actually doing this – but they shouldn’t be a prerequisite. “
“Masking and social detachment can be part of that,” she continued, saying the president was focused on getting the money schools would need to make the changes needed to reopen their $ 1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid package. .
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In the same interview, Psaki was pressured about the detention centers for migrants and the reaction against them.
She promised that the facilities were being used for the benefit and protection of children.
“We had to have educational services, so that we could have legal services and medical and health services and have these children treated with humanity until we can find suitable homes, family accommodation for these children,” she told the program.
The White House did not immediately respond to the Post’s request for comment.