Biden tells migrants not to come to US: ‘Don’t leave your town’

Biden told reporters on Tuesday that he currently has no plans to visit the southern border.

“Not right now,” Biden told the White House Southern press when asked if he had any plans to visit the border.

Presidential visits have the power to draw international attention to emergencies and emerging issues. But while the federal government says it is preparing to meet more people on the southwestern border than the country has seen in the past two decades, Biden and White House officials say it is not planned a visit and repeatedly refused to call what happens at the border a crisis.

And when asked if Biden was worried that letting more refugees in now would indicate to the people of Central America that the United States is open to more immigration, Psaki reiterated the feeling that the administration wants its actions to be effective.

“I wouldn’t make a direct connection. I’d say it’s just something where we want to make sure our system is prepared to manage the process effectively and smoothly,” he said.

Psaki had said during Monday’s briefing at the White House that there were no plans for a presidential trip to the border, even as Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have embarked on a national tour to promote the Covid relief law. 19 of $ 1.9 trillion.

On Tuesday, he also referred to the situation on the U.S.-Mexico border as a “big problem,” but still declined to call it a “crisis.”

“I would say their focus is on developing solutions, boosting their team, encouraging their team to develop solutions that speed up processing at the border, that will open more facilities that ensure children are treated humanely and are also treated safely “. He had said Psaki.

She added: “And that’s his focus, and that’s why he’s putting his efforts into immigration.”

Biden’s lack of border travel plans occurs as his administration faces growing pressure on his strategy on the U.S.-Mexico border and his administration’s attempts to deal with it. growing number of migrants who believe in it.

Over the weekend, Mayorkas headed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help receive, accommodate and relocate children.

And on Tuesday he told George Stephanopoulos on ABC that the Biden administration is building capacity to meet the needs of children arriving on the U.S.-Mexico border alone.

“What we are doing is targeting young children who arrive at the border to claim according to the humanitarian laws that our country has established years and years ago. And we are building the capacity to meet the needs of these children when they arrive, but we are also sending an important and critical message that now is not the time to reach the border, ”Mayorkas told ABC.

While the increase in migrants is likely the result of several factors, including the fact that the Biden administration perceives the relaxation of border enforcement, Republicans specifically blame Biden’s policies.

“This crisis is created by the presidential policies of this new administration. There is no other way to claim it than a border crisis with Biden,” McCarthy said during a trip to a border patrol processing center in El Paso , Texas, with 12 other Republicans.

Biden also faces pressure from his own party over his immigration strategy.

Senate Judiciary President Dick Durbin of Illinois, the second Democrat in the House, said Monday that he does not believe there is enough support in this Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration bill with a path to to the citizenship of the 11 million undocumented immigrants. a key pillar of Biden’s immigration plan.

Members of the Democratic House representing the border region have been critical of Biden’s approach to the issue.

This story and its headline have been updated with additional comments from Biden.