Trump and Biden exchanged barbs over immigration policy

Donald Trump on Friday, March 5, criticized US President Joe Biden for the "growing tsunami" at the border. The details were shared by the edition Fox News.

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“Our border is completely out of control thanks to Joe Biden's disastrous leadership,” Trump said. “The Biden Administration is disrespecting, demeaning and ridiculing our great Border Patrol and ICE officers.” A massive invasion of the country by people who shouldn't be here is happening hourly, and it's getting worse by the minute."

The 45th President referred to the recent release of COVID-19 positive immigrants in South Texas. He also referred to the narrowing of enforcement priorities for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

“The growing tsunami at the border is overwhelming local communities, draining budgets, overwhelming hospitals and costing jobs to legal American workers,” he said. “When I left office, we had the most secure border in the history of our country.” Under Biden, things will soon be worse, more dangerous and out of control than ever before. He violated his oath to uphold our Constitution and enforce our laws.”

White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki responded to Trump's statements.

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“We are not following President Trump's advice on immigration policies that have been not only inhumane but ineffective for the last four years,” she countered. “We are going to move forward in our own way, which includes treating children humanely and respectfully and ensuring their safety when crossing our borders.”

Biden initiated the end of a number of Trump-era policies. He stopped the construction of the border wall and canceled many decrees. Separately, he and Democrats in Congress have already paved the way for illegal immigrants to obtain citizenship in the country.

The "stay in Mexico" policy was one of a series of agreements that Biden severed. He also broke off the Asylum Cooperation Agreements (ACA) with the Northern Triangle countries that forced immigrants to seek asylum in those countries first. The agreements were part of a series of measures taken by the Trump administration to end the 2019 immigration crisis.

The Biden administration said it is ending the "brutality" and replacing it with "an orderly, humane and safe immigration process."

But Trump criticized Biden for stopping his diplomatic moves with "the blatant incompetence and radicalism of the people currently in power".

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“The Remain in Mexico policy was incredible, but Biden immediately abandoned it, probably because it worked so well. Likewise, our secure agreements with countries in Central America were extremely successful, so Biden foolishly abandoned them,” he said.

Trump's remarks came after he accused Biden of creating a "humanitarian and national security catastrophe."

Trump is one of the Republicans sounding the alarm about the crisis at the border. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy asked to meet with Biden about the crisis, while other Republicans wrote to Biden urging him to restore the Trump-era national security declaration.

Trump called on the Biden administration to "act immediately to end the border nightmare they have unleashed on our country."

“Keep illegal immigration, crime and the Chinese virus out of our country,” Trump said.

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