Ilhan Omar: The media is missing the point of the border crisis

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“I think there are some failures going on,” Minnesota MP Brian Stelter, CNN’s chief media correspondent, told Sunday, “Reliable Sources.” “And it’s really important for us to show basic humanity and address the causes of migration to the region.”

As of Saturday, more than 5,000 unaccompanied children were in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody, according to documents obtained by CNN. This news comes as the administration of President Joe Biden tries to quickly devise solutions to deal with the evolving immigration situation.
The media has largely focused on the number of unaccompanied children at the border. But Omar urges the media to address the root causes of the immigration crisis and focus on “cruel and contradictory” foreign policies.

Currently, talks around immigration are focused on “gaining political points,” Omar said.

“It’s not about the safety of Americans,” he added.

Republicans are stepping up their attacks on Democrats over the current border crisis. Last week they launched a new advertising campaign accusing Biden of opening the border instead of focusing on opening schools and businesses.

Omar positioned himself for his own week, writing a letter to Biden Director of Internal Policy Susan Rice and National Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging the Biden administration to issue an Executive Order to announce a plan to eliminate contracts between ICE and the state. local and county prisons and prisons.

On Sunday, Mayorkas refused to provide a timeline for when the Biden administration will open new facilities capable of coping with the rise of unaccompanied children on the southern border.

– CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez and Michael Warren contributed to this report.

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