Noting a “sharp increase in unaccompanied alien children” along the border, the lawmakers pressed that there should be “proper oversight” over the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees U.S. immigration enforcement, and the Department of Health and Human Services to determine whether there is a plan to stop the surge of migrants.
In recent days, warnings from a Democratic lawmaker whose district includes a portion of Texas along the Southern Border, as well as an SUV crash that killed at least 13 people in Southern California that Border Patrol agents believe included illegal immigrants who were smuggled through a fence gap, have placed additional pressure on the Biden administration to outline a comprehensive plan for what some have described as a border crisis.
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“According to news reports, U.S. border agents apprehended more than 1,500 migrant youths just last week and 300 more were taken into custody on Sunday,” read a letter from Reps. Ken Buck (R-Colo.), Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Tom Tiffany (R-Wisc.), Chip Roy (R-Texas), and Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) to House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.).
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“The number of [unaccompanied alien children] encounters shows no signs of decreasing—a fact the Biden Administration has acknowledged by opening one of the same influx facilities that the Trump Administration used, by keeping other facilities on ready status, and by requesting that other federal agencies provide a list of facilities that could potentially be used to house” the migrants, they said, noting that Biden administration officials are holding children for longer than the 72-hour statutory maximum.
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“At the same time, the Biden Administration has repealed Trump Administration programs and policies that helped to address the rising tide of illegal immigration, including [unaccompanied alien children],” the letter further stipulated.
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It comes as House Democrats postponed plans for a vote on President Joe Biden’s immigration reform bill. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) confirmed the vote delay to Politico, suggesting it might not pass.
“We need to engage in some consultation with key members and stakeholders, but I see no reason why we wouldn’t mark it up when we reconvene in April,” he stated.
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Added Rep. Tom O’Halleran (D-Ariz.) to Politico: “We need to have a discussion. It was put together by a few people. I don’t know what the role of the administration has been.”
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It must be noted that President Biden has been in office for 43 days without holding an official press conference and critics have taken notice.
President Trump took 28 days to take questions from the press, while President Obama did it after only 21 days in office and President George W. Bush took 34 days.
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