Biden: ‘Vast majority’ of migrants reaching US border are being sent back
25 Mar, 2021 19:03
With detention facilities filling up along the US-Mexico border and President Joe Biden struggling to accommodate the influx, he nevertheless insists that he’s holding back even more migrants.
Two months after Biden shredded former President Donald Trump’s tough immigration politics, the number of migrants detained at the border is set to hit 130,000 in March, up from 100,000 in February and 34,000 a year ago. Tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors are being held in makeshift facilities and the US military has had to open up its Texas bases to handle the surge.
Against this background, Biden told reporters on Thursday that things could be worse. “The vast majority, the overwhelming majority, of people coming to the border are being sent back,†he said during his first solo press conference, nine weeks after his inauguration.
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