Today's D Brief: Border crisis; Afghanistan peace plan; Trust in military declines; Bugs on a sub; And a bit more.
By Ben Watson
March 11, 2021 10:41 AM ET
The D Brief
“The crisis at the border is significantly worse than Biden admin has acknowledged,†Nick Miroff of the Washington Post reported Wednesday evening. “There are now 3,500 unaccompanied minors in grim Border Patrol detention cells, [which is] a record,†he tweeted, “and they've been there an average of 107 hours.†Of those 3,500 or so minors, nearly 90% are between the ages of 13 and 17. And that’s on top of the 8,600 minors already in custody with the Department of Health and Human Services.
Now what? First, find new shelters. And that’s why HHS officials are considering shifting some migrants to Virginia’s Fort Lee and “California’s Moffett Field, a former Navy station in Santa Clara County.†Otherwise, an HHS “emergency facility†in Carrizo Springs, Tex., was just re-opened in February. “Officials are also looking into reopening a similar facility in South Florida,†Miroff reports.
“We’ve seen surges before,†said Roberta Jacobson, President Biden’s top coordinator for the Southern Border, in a press conference at the White House on Wednesday. “Surges tend to respond to hope. And there was a significant hope for a more humane policy after four years of pent-up demand.â€
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