Biden has to fall back on Trump funds: Bad conditions on the border

Every day, up to 1,000 illegal immigrants are apprehended on the US border with Mexico.

Biden's government has to cope with a crisis - and receives a lot of criticism.

Update from March 14th, 9:40 a.m.:

The government of US President Joe Biden has now also mobilized the civil protection Fema to support the border protection of the up to 1000 migrants who are apprehended every day on the border between Mexico and the USA .

For the next 90 days, Fema will help with the reception, accommodation and referral of unaccompanied children.

Among other things, the capacities for the accommodation of the children would have to be expanded.

US media have been reporting for days that the situation at the border is worsening, including overcrowded facilities where children and young people are staying.

Unlike his predecessor Donald Trump, the administration of US President Joe Biden follows the principle of not sending unaccompanied minors back after crossing the border for humanitarian reasons.

The White House also emphasizes that the vast majority of migrants will be turned away on the basis of health regulations in the coronavirus pandemic.

Joe Biden criticized for immigration policy: "The border is not open"

Update from March 12th, 4:15 pm:

"The border is not open," said Jen Psaki, the White House spokeswoman.

“Now is not the time to come.” The Biden government urged migrants not to make their way to the USA at the moment.

The background to this is that the American border guards on the US border with Mexico are picking up as many people as they have not in five years

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Joe Biden is coming under increasing pressure with his immigration policy

First report from March 10th, 1pm:

Washington, DC - Joe Biden faces his first "new" crisis as president.

The American border guards are currently attacking more people on the US border with Mexico than they have been in five years.

In an interview with

Fox News,

border guard officer Chris Cabrera assumes

that there are between 700 and 1000 migrants every day, and the number is rising.

Some of the refugees are unaccompanied minors who cannot simply be deported.

Biden has announced that he will reform US immigration policy and wants to reverse many of the resolutions passed around the migration policy of his predecessor Donald Trump.

He called this a "moral and national disgrace".

Above all, the separation of migrant families at the border should be prevented.

At the same time, refugees should no longer wait in Mexico for a decision on their asylum application.

Due to the corona pandemic, Donald Trump introduced an emergency rule so that asylum seekers can be deported immediately.

This is still in force, but does not apply to minors.

Many refugees are hoping for asylum through Biden's presidency, which is probably one of the reasons why the number of migrants at the US border is rising sharply.

Joe Biden receives criticism: Trump's emergency shelters reopened for young people

The problem with the increasing numbers of refugees is that more children are now crossing the border than there are accommodations, said Jen Psaki, a spokeswoman for the White House.

Therefore, Donald Trump's emergency shelters were reopened in Texas to make room for the young people.

The Democratic MP Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sharply criticized this approach and wrote on Twitter: "This is not okay, has never been okay and will never be okay - regardless of government or party."

The Republicans blame Joe Biden for the situation.

His statements are said to have caused the situation at the border in the first place.

Last Friday, ex-President Trump had already spoken out about his successor's migration policy.

"Our border is now completely out of control because of Joe Biden's disastrous leadership." Biden's spokeswoman denied this allegation and described immigration policies of the past four years as "not only inhuman, but ineffective".

(Dana Popp)