President Biden said on Thursday that he “does not apologize” for the end of a variety of immigration policies by former President Donald Trump, including the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the “Stay in Mexico” policy. .
Biden made the remarks at his first live press conference as president, 65 days after the start of his administration and amid a sudden increase in migrants on the southern border.
Asked if he could have reversed some of the Trump administration’s immigration policies too quickly through executive order, Biden adamantly defended his actions.
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“In the first place, all the policies in progress were not helping at all, they did not decrease the amount of immigration,” said Biden. “Reverse the separation policies of children from mothers? Don’t be sorry for that.”
President Joe Biden meets with Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra and Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, in the White House State Dining Room, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 in Washington. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)
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“Reversing the policies of” Staying in Mexico, sitting on the banks of the Rio Grande in a muddy circumstance without enough to eat? “I do not apologize for that,” said Biden. “I do not apologize for ending programs that did not exist before Trump became president and that have an incredibly negative impact on law – international law – as well as on human dignity. so I don’t apologize for that. “
Immigration was a major topic in the Biden press, consuming a significant amount of time during the case of approximately an hour.
But the president was also in the news as he threatened to support changes in the Senate obstruction and said it was his “expectation” that he would run for re-election in 2024.
He also said North Korea was his top foreign policy issue and tore up the Republican Party’s state election legislation, saying it made “Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle”.
Regarding the migrant crisis, reporters also pressured Biden on whether he would allow the media to regularly see facilities for migrants on the border. Biden said yes, as soon as his government starts implementing certain actions.
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“I will commit when my plan is very soon underway to allow you to have access to not only them,” said Biden referring to the facilities where the children are being processed, but also to other facilities. “I will commit to transparency.”
Biden further emphasized that the vast majority of individuals who encounter police officers at the border are being sent back, and that the aim of his administration is to prevent the entry of most family units that cross the border.
Migrants on the southern border wear T-shirts asking President Biden to let them into the United States
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“Some families are not coming back because Mexico refuses to take them back. Some, not all,” the president said at his first news conference on Thursday. In fact, in February, most families were allowed to stay in the United States.
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“We are in negotiations with Mexico. This is going to change. They should all come back,” continued Biden.
In January, CBP expelled 4,546 family units under the order of Trump-era health, Title 42, out of 7,294 encounters. This amounts to just over 62%.
But in February, in one shift, most families were allowed to remain in the United States pending a decision on whether to be expelled.
There were 19,246 meetings in total with migrant families on the southern border in February. Of these meetings, 7,915 were expelled from the country under Title 42 and 11,331 were allowed to stay.