GOP congressman blames Biden for the surge of migrants at the border: ‘Disorder at the border by executive order’
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At a Republican House event on immigration Thursday, Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., blamed President Biden for the increase in migrants from Central America at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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JOHN KATKO: Thank you, everybody. What we are witnessing, of course, is Biden's border crisis. If you want to think of it another way, it's disorder at the border by executive order, to channel Dr. Seuss. Disorder at the border by executive order, I can say it five times fast.
President Biden's knee jerk reversal of productive and effective border security policies from the previous administration was a political calculation that has created a humanitarian, security, and public health crisis. Instead of being transparent with Congress and the American people about what is happening at the border, the administration is twisting itself into a pretzel to avoid saying the dreaded word crisis. All we heard out of the White House yesterday was a refusal to take responsibility and yet-to-be-revealed long-term objectives. That's not an answer to this crisis.
