« What the administration has inherited is a broken system at the border. »
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) admits that there is an influx of migrants at the southern border that is creating a new challenge for President Joe Biden. During an appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” Pelosi called the situation at the border a “humanitarian challenge” and suggested that it was the result of former President Donald Trump ‘s policies. “What the administration has inherited is a broken system at the border, and they are working to correct that in the children’s interest,” she said. She continued to say she is “so pleased” that Biden “as a temporary measure, has sent FEMA to the border in order to help facilitate the children going from…the 72-hour issue into where they are cared for as they are transferred into family homes or homes that are safe for them to be.” Finally, she said, “This is a transition from what was wrong before to what is right.” Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a press release that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would be sent to the border to “help receive, shelter and transport” unaccompanied migrant children who show up at the border.
