Immigration

Trump's hardline stance toward immigration was a hallmark of his presidency.

25% of one recent group of migrants tested positive for the virus

"They are changing these detention centers to what they call ‘reception centers."

"Today Texas launched Operation Lone Star to respond to the border crisis."

"I feel compelled to express great concern."

"We must acknowledge the border crisis."

"We’re gonna chart our own path forward."

"Under Biden, it will soon be worse, more dangerous, and more out of control than ever before."

"HHS said that as of March 4 the agency had 7,700 unaccompanied minors in custody, the highest level since 2019."

Biden's administration is facing criticism from Democrats and activists.

In the last week of February, 321 children per day were referred to HHS custody, a sharp jump from the weekly average of 203 in late January and early February.

"The number of UAC encounters shows no signs of decreasing."

"Human smugglers have proven time and again they have little regard for human life."

Biden is working to process as many as 25,000 asylum seekers who were waiting in Mexico under the Trump administration's Migrant Protection Protocol program.

"It was unfortunate, very unfortunate."

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas denied Monday that there was a crisis at the U.S.-Mexican border, describing it rather as a "challenge." His pronouncement came as Customs and Border Protection ...

"To put it succinctly: the prior administration dismantled our nation's immigration system in its entirety."

The Biden administration will also consider bringing deported parents back to the U.S.

The Biden administration also withdrew this week a Trump administration proposal that advocates said would have kept children in government custody for longer periods of time.

The parents of about 322 children out of 506 are believed to have been deported.