WH Official Calls Biden’s Immigration Policy ‘More Humane System’ but Not ‘Open Borders’

The White House coordinator for the southern border, Roberta Jacobson, says President Joe Biden’s🛂Immigration policy is a “more humane system,” but it does not mean “open borders.”

CNN’s “New Day” host John Berman noted Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the migrants see Biden as the “migrant president.”

Jacobson replied, “I think what President López Obrador is reflecting is the fact that President Biden came into office with a much more humane message, with a message that we were going to enforce our laws but also have a humane migration system.”

She continued, “I think what he means is that we are going to treat people fairly. We are going to reform our 🛂Immigration system and so while I understand what he was saying, I think it’s not the way we would put it. It is a more human system but it is not open borders.”

Watch her comments below:

Berman noted Jacobson has discussed the “message manipulation” taking place among smugglers to families and children coming to the United States.

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said he talked to migrants who claimed they heard from their friends and neighbors coming across the border instead of Biden.

“It has to be a strong message because, with all due respect, the administration’s message is not coming through,” Cuellar said.

He asked Jacobson why Biden’s message is not reaching migrants.