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Slack.com slash DHQ. A few weeks back, there was this moment that really summed up the

Biden administration's take on immigration at the moment. In an interview with ABC News,

President Biden had a pretty clear message for people who are considering coming to the

border. Don't. Yes, I can say quite clearly, don't come on what we're in the process of

getting set up. Don't leave your town or city or community. Did that surprise you? It didn't

surprise me because the government, including the Trump administration and the Obama administration

had always made those statements and sent that message. What surprised me though was that

they keep doing it because it's not effective at all. This is a Dauphin Flores. He covers

immigration for BuzzFeed. Their messaging is never going to make its way down to the

people who choose to immigrate. Their decision to move is more informed by the conditions

back home, poverty, violence, climate change, and the messaging they get from smugglers

and their friends and family. Joe Biden is facing a test, a surge of migrants

on the Southwest border. But Adolfo says not only does Biden's rhetoric not count for

much, it's not really a crisis of his making either. Here's the thing, when you look at

the numbers, the numbers have been increasing since spring of 2020. The surge that we're

seeing has been happening since before Biden took office.

But of course, that surge is Biden's responsibility now.

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