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"The border is closed," insists Alejandro Mayorkas

2021-03-21T15:04:59.601Z


The secretary of the Department of Homeland Security emphasized the message that this is not the time to come to the United States, despite the urgency of many migrants fleeing violence and poverty. He also said they are working to process unaccompanied minors in a more secure manner.


By Ben Kamisar - NBC News

WASHINGTON - The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, defended the management of the Biden Administration on the arrival of a new wave of migrants and unaccompanied minors at the border between the United States and Mexico.

Mayorkas declared in an interview with NBC, Telemundo's sister network, that the American people "will remember this and will say that we secure the border and defend our values."

Mayorkas emphasized that the government's message for those who want to enter the country is that

"the border is closed

.

"

And he added that although the Administration will continue to expel families and single adults who cross irregularly, it will not send unaccompanied minors back.

[United States Announces Opening of New Facility for Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors in Texas]

"We will not expel to the Mexican desert, for example, three orphaned children

,

"

clarified Mayorkas, despite the warning that they should not go to the border.

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“We are safely processing children who arrive at our border

.

We strongly urge, and the message is clear, not to do so now.

I cannot explain clearly enough the dangers of the journey they undertake, "he added.

The new head of Homeland Security linked some of the problems to the policies of the former President Donald Trump's Administration, which he said "dismantled the orderly, humane and efficient way of allowing children to make their requests under United States law. in his own country. "

"We are rebuilding these orderly systems both in Mexico, in close collaboration with the country's government, and in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador," he said.

Central American children learn and play at a migrant camp on the grounds of the National Migration Institute near the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, on March 17, 2021. Stringer / picture alliance via Getty Images

Mayorkas explained that the Administration is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to build new temporary facilities for minors. unaccompanied who are at Border Patrol posts and who admitted, "they are not places for a child."

However, it did not offer details on when they will be ready to start admitting them.

[The Government will contact the families of migrant children alone to speed up their reception]

Mayorkas spoke as the government faces a sharp increase in unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the border.

As of Saturday, the Border Patrol had 5,049 unaccompanied children in its custody

, according to new data obtained by NBC News.

The influx of arrivals is tightening the string of the system, drawing humanitarian criticism, as well as criticism from Republicans and some Democrats, pointing out that the Biden Administration is not doing enough to stop the flow of migrants.

Source: telemundo

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