Analysis: Biden Administration Creates Border Crisis, Denies Its Existence

(4 Mar 2021) “In the week ending March 1, the Border Patrol referred to HHS custody an average of 321 children PER DAY, according to documents obtained by Axios. That's up from a WEEKLY average of 203 in late January and early February — and just 47 per day during the first week of January.

“The same documents, dated Tuesday, say the shelter system is at 94% occupancy and expected to reach its maximum this month. This week, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas insisted the current situation is not yet a crisis. Regardless, it's clear the number of children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border could fast overwhelm government systems, in ways similar to the crises in 2014 and 2019...

“Biden has reversed a Trump administration policy of using the public health order to quickly turn away unaccompanied children. A previous report revealed that Customs and Border Protection officials are bracing for as many as 13,000 unaccompanied children crossing into the U.S. in May. Reflexively tossing out successful Trump policies, or at least policies that stemmed the tide of previous crises, with no alternative in place looks like a lot of stupid partisan signaling, rather than governing.”