DHS chief says border numbers on track to be highest in 20 years, concedes situation is 'difficult'
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday said that the U.S. was on track to encounter more migrants than it had in the last 20 years, as he defended the administration’s approach to a border surge that he described as "difficult" – but again fell short of calling it a crisis.
"We will also not waver in our values and our principles as a Nation," he said. "Our goal is a safe, legal, and orderly immigration system that is based on our bedrock priorities: to keep our borders secure, address the plight of children as the law requires, and enable families to be together." He spoke days after Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that it had encountered more than 100,000 migrants at the border in February, while numbers of child migrants in custody have also increased dramatically. The Biden administration has been moving to increase capacity of facilities to house migrants, and building a number of extra facilities – including looking at NASA sites and military bases.More Related News