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Schumer: Biden ‘Inherited a Huge Mess’ on Immigration

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is being pressed on why he has not been critical of the Biden administration’s immigration policy. Co-host of “The View” Meghan McCain asked Schumer why he has not been as critical…

Savannah RychcikMar 11, 20212 min read

Watch part of Schumer’s interview below:

“They are rolling up their sleeves and working on this. I think it will get better in the next few months. If it doesn’t, I will go to them and say you gotta do better and if they don’t, I will be public,” Schumer explained.

The Biden administration is facing challenges at the U.S.-Mexico border as the number of migrant children being held at facilities has increased rapidly, as IJR reported.

As of Thursday morning, more than 3,600 migrant children were being held at border facilities. The number is more than four times what it was in February.

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) told CNN he believes the uptick in unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the border is “approaching a crisis.”

Trump released a statement on Tuesday slamming the Biden administration for its approach to the issues at the border, as IJR reported.

“When I was president, our southern border was in great shape — stronger, safer, and more secure than ever before. We ended Catch-and-Release, shut down asylum fraud, and crippled the vicious smugglers, drug dealers, and human traffickers,” Trump said.

He continued, “The wall, despite horrendous Democratic delays, would have easily been finished by now, and is working magnificently. Our country is being destroyed at the Southern border, a terrible thing to see!”

White House Press Secretary Jen Psakisaid on Tuesday the administration is “looking at additional facilities where we can safely house children.”