Lawmakers press Biden administration to grant media access to border facilities

A growing chorus of lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have called on the Biden administration to allow reporters and journalists into facilities housing unaccompanied migrant children who have sought asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The appeal for greater transparency with the American public and those who cover it comes as the United States faces a growing humanitarian crisis at its southwest border, driven by Central America's economic devastation, climate change, gang violence and political persecution, as well as a new presidential administration. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas predicts the United States is on pace to encounter more migrants at its Southwest border than in 20 years.