Ex-DHS Chief Says Biden Was Warned About Dismantling Trump's Border Policies
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/23/980272165/ex-dhs-chief-says-biden-was-warned-about-dismantling-trumps-border-policiesFormer acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf says Trump officials warned the incoming Biden administration that dismantling Trump's immigration policies would cause problems at the southern border.
The Biden administration has largely blamed the challenges at the border on the previous administration, saying it gutted DHS and used inhumane practices to try to deter migrants. Biden officials describe steps they've taken to accept the new influx of unaccompanied minors into the country and end controversial programs that require migrants to remain in Mexico as "a moral imperative."
But some former Trump administration leaders, like Wolf, say the Biden administration is actually dismantling systems that worked.
"There is no consequence anymore," Wolf told NPR. "The administration is treating this as though it's a capacity issue and not an illegal behavior issue, and that's a fundamental difference."...
