[ti:Officials Debate Wave of Migrants Arriving at US Border]
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[00:00.04]U.S. officials are struggling with the problem of
[00:03.96]thousands of Central American migrants
[00:07.52]arriving at the southern U.S. border and seeking entry.
[00:13.20]Many are children who do not have a parent with them.
[00:18.40]Democratic Party members in the U.S. House of Representatives
[00:23.20]say they are "trying to fix a broken system"
[00:27.44]left behind by the administration of former President Donald Trump.
[00:34.48]The leaders of the Republican Party in the House say
[00:38.72]President Joe Biden's administration created a new crisis.
[00:45.16]Kevin McCarthy, the Republican leader in the House of Representatives
[00:50.48]called what is going on "a Biden border crisis."
[00:56.36]The Biden administration wants to call what is going on "a challenge."
[01:02.96]Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
[01:07.72]said it is a "humanitarian crisis."
[01:12.60]Even Trump is talking about it, saying Biden's administration
[01:17.64]was "recklessly eliminating our border."
[01:22.32]Jen Psaki, Biden's press secretary, said Republicans who say Biden
[01:29.12]opened the border were "absolutely incorrect."
[01:35.48]However, Roberta Jacobson, who works in the White House, said
[01:42.08]many people may now be trying to get into the U.S. after Biden took office.
[01:48.88]She said they think a more "humane" policy
[01:53.40]is in place now that Trump is no longer president.
[01:58.60]She also noted that people who smuggle migrants into the U.S.
[02:04.60]may have been giving people false information.
[02:09.36]The Biden administration stopped the building of a border wall
[02:14.88]which Trump started during his presidency.
[02:19.44]However, some policies
[02:22.20]from the Trump administration have stayed in place.
[02:27.40]The U.S. continues to prevent some people from coming into the country
[02:33.72]because of the COVID-19 health crisis.
[02:38.12]Alejandro Mayorkas is the Homeland Security secretary.
[02:44.80]On Tuesday, he said that children coming into the U.S. are "vulnerable"
[02:51.56]and the U.S. has ended a policy of sending them back.
[02:58.32]The number of children trying to cross the border without adults
[03:03.32]increased by 60 percent from January to February.
[03:09.24]More than 9,400 tried to enter the United States last month.
[03:16.88]U.S. Customs and Border Protection supervises security at the border.
[03:24.96]It dealt with 100,000 people, mostly adults, in February.
[03:32.44]The last time the number was that high was in June 2019.
[03:39.60]While the U.S. is still sending adults and families home,
[03:44.96]children under the age of 18
[03:47.40]who come by themselves are permitted to stay.
[03:52.52]The U.S. is considering whether they should be offered asylum
[03:57.08]or another reason to remain.
[04:00.72]Mayorkas said the majority of the children
[04:04.40]who are coming to the border
[04:06.32]have a relative or parent in the U.S.
[04:12.48]Biden's administration is working with FEMA,
[04:16.20]the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
[04:19.96]to set up temporary places for migrant children to live
[04:25.12]in both Texas and Arizona.
[04:29.12]It is also working with the Central American countries of Honduras,
[04:34.12]Guatemala and El Salvador
[04:37.24]to make more shelters available south of the U.S. border
[04:42.16]and slow down the number of people who want to come north.
[04:48.04]Mayorkas said his agency is working hard
[04:52.40]but called the situation "a difficult one."
[04:56.32]I'm Dan Friedell.
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