Influx of Unaccompanied Children at the Southern Border Tests Biden Administration

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🗓️ 18 March 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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The number of unaccompanied children crossing the U.S. southern border has increased dramatically in recent weeks, overwhelming immigration authorities as well as organizations that house and care for them. The situation is a test for President Joe Biden, who promised a more humane response to immigration than the previous administration. Meanwhile, Republicans such as California Representative Kevin McCarthy criticized the president’s approach as akin to opening the border, a claim many experts refute. Mina Kim talks with Neha Desai, Nick Miroff, and Dianne Solis about the latest news from the border and the political shifts influencing policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:20.1	Coming up on forum, the number of unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.'s southern border has increased dramatically in recent weeks, overwhelming immigration authorities, as well as organizations that house and care for them.
1:27.2	The situation is a test for President Joe Biden, who promised a humane response to immigration
1:32.3	compared to the Trump administration.
1:34.3	Meantime, Republicans are seizing on the situation to attack Biden's policies.
1:38.3	We look at how things are playing out politically and how unaccompanied minors are being treated at the U.S. border.
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2:06.9	Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said this week
2:10.3	that the U.S. is on track to see the highest number of people coming to the southern border in 20 years.
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