Reporters on Thursday again pressed the White House over the surge of illegal immigrants and unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S-Mexico border as they questioned why the administration has repeatedly refused to call it a “crisis.” At one point in the daily briefing, Kaitlan Collins—the chief White House Correspondent for CNN—brought up the fact that there are reportedly over 3,700 unaccompanied minors in Border Patrol custody. Collins noted many of the minors are spending on average four days in the facilities and asked press secretary Jen Psaki, “How can you say that’s not a crisis?” “What I’ve conveyed is it doesn’t matter what you call it, it is an enormous challenge, it is something front and center for the president,” Psaki responded. “While there are no final policy decisions, there are variety of actions under consideration, including identifying and assessing other licensed facilities that can help add safe capacity for these …
White House Still Refusing to Call Border Surge a ‘Crisis’
March 11, 2021
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