Former President Donald Trump on Sunday ripped off the Biden administration to turn the migrant crisis on the southern border into a full-fledged “national disaster”.
In a statement issued Sunday evening, Trump also urged President Biden to finish building a border wall and accused the administration of “causing death and human tragedy.”
“It simply came to our notice then [a] In just a few weeks, the Biden Administration has turned a national triumph into a national disaster, ”Trump said in a statement.
“They’re well above their heads and they get water quickly.”
Thousands of migrants have traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border since Trump stepped down, forcing the Biden administration to begin housing unaccompanied children who moved to the United States at migrant facilities. .
Biden, who has faced criticism from Republicans for reversing several Trump border policies, said Sunday that he plans to visit the southern border “at some point.”
Speaking to reporters after returning to the White House from Camp David, Biden said his administration is working to ensure that potential migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. do so in their home countries.
Earlier Sunday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the U.S. would not hold back unaccompanied children.
In his statement, Trump also exploded Mayorkas.
“Secretary Mayorkas’ pathetic and clueless performance at Sunday Shows today was a national disgrace, ”the former president said.
“His self-satisfied presentation (in the midst of the massive crisis he helped engineer) is even more proof that he is unable to lead DHS.”
Trump added that a wall along the border (which he made the mark of his first presidential campaign) is still needed to ensure international passage.
“They have to complete the wall immediately, which can be done in a matter of weeks; they should never have stopped it,” Trump said.
“They are causing death and human tragedy. In addition to the obvious, drugs are being dumped in our country at record levels from the southern border, not to mention human trafficking and sex, ”he added.