ADADHe said the major issue is CBP’s “inability” to quickly move the unaccompanied minors to HHS shelters. DHS said it planned to view operations and receive a briefing on the processing, shelter and transfer of unaccompanied children at the border. Republicans and Mayorkas have sparred over whether the current influx represents a “crisis,” a term the Obama administration used in 2014 but that Biden administration officials have avoided. But Murphy, the Democrat, said he did not fault the Biden administration for the current crisis and said it is scrambling to rebuild a system that the Trump administration left in tatters. “The Biden Administration is trying their best to uphold the rule of law with humanity.

Source: Washington Post March 20, 2021 00:01 UTC