On CNN’s “AC360” broadcast Thursday, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) claimed that President Joe Biden has “introduced the toughest new border regulatory regime in decades.” , “What’s changed is that there are now 10,000 people” showing up on a daily basis. Therefore, the crisis has become bigger and more urgent. ”
Host Anderson Cooper said, “There’s an argument that President Biden and his team waited too long to address the gravity of this crisis; Do you approve?” he asked. Today’s trip was his second time actually visiting the southern border. He kind of pawned it to Kamala Harris a while ago. This border agreement probably could have been concluded sooner. ”
Murphy replied: “President Biden introduced an immigration and border reform bill in his first week or so in office. And, although there was no media coverage, he announced the most stringent new border control regime in decades. But frankly a lot of progressive immigration groups opposed this regime. So it’s actually true that people say President Biden didn’t do anything on the border until this summer. Instead, they are doing it. What has changed is that now there are 10,000 people participating every day. So the crisis is bigger and more urgent. And it has changed again. “Finally, Republicans have shown a willingness to come to the table and get something done, something they were unwilling to do during the first three years of President Biden’s term.”
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