Democrats and Republicans tell Biden from the border: 'Solve this problem before it gets worse'
by Anna Giaritelli, Homeland Security Reporter |
| June 02, 2021 05:55 PM
HIDALGO, Texas — Democrats and Republicans from southern border states called on the Biden administration to adapt their proposals for quickly handling asylum claims and preventing migrants from being released into the U.S. interior as the migration crisis continues to worsen.
The bicameral group of lawmakers, Sens. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, and Kyrsten Sinema, an Arizona Democrat, as well as Texas Reps. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat, and Tony Gonzales, a Republican, gathered at the international bridge between Reynosa, Mexico, and Hidalgo, Texas, Wednesday, calling the White House to do more amid Republicans' criticism that Vice President Kamala Harris is failing to stem the rising flow of migrants.
“There's plenty of people doing nothing, right? The next easiest thing to do is to blame somebody else, and there's plenty of people blaming somebody else,” Gonzales said. “I would argue one of the most difficult things to do is to roll up your sleeves, go to work, and try to find solutions to the problem. ... It doesn't matter whose fault it is. What matters is we have to solve this problem before it gets worse.”
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