Republicans present the situation as a crisis that Mr. Biden has launched, pointing out that his immigration agenda will be used as a political weapon against him in 2022. California Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the minority leader, plans to lead other Republicans on a journey. to the border to highlight the problem. Representative James R. Comer, Republican of Kentucky, called the increase in migration Wednesday a signal “to the world that our immigration laws can be violated with little or no effect.”
Mr. However, Biden continued to use a Trump-era rule to quickly reject most migrants at the border, with the exception of unaccompanied minors. The administration last week ordered the shelters designed to return the children to their normal capacity, despite the coronavirus pandemic.
In the rush to find extra space for the children, the Biden government is considering housing them at unused school buildings, military bases and even a NASA site, Moffett Federal Airfield, in Mountain View, California, according to a memorandum which The Times received. The NASA website will “remain uninhabited but available for use if HHS is in urgent need of additional shelter,” the memorandum said.
NASA spokesman Darryl Waller said in a statement that the administration was considering sheltering migrant children at a current property. “This effort will not affect NASA’s ability to carry out its primary missions,” he said.
The Department of Health and Human Services did not respond to requests for comment.
Mr. Biden is pushing for a more humane approach to border immigration, which will give priority to investing in Central America to fend off illegal immigration. But as a result, fleeing poverty and persecution see a better chance of entering the United States than they had under the Trump administration.
“One of the things I find important is that we’ve seen congestion before,” she said. Jacobson said. ‘Training tends to respond to hope. And there was a significant hope for a more humane policy. ”
One part of the Obama administration’s response was to create the program that enables children in Central America to apply for protection in their home countries.