White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre addressed concerns from Democratic mayors about the administration’s border and asylum policies during a CNN interview.
She criticized Republican Governor Abbott of Texas for using migrants as a political stunt and emphasized the need for bipartisan action on border security.
“Here’s my response. It is shameful that a Republican governor — Gov. Abbott in Texas — is using migrants as a political stunt. That’s what he’s been doing,” Jean-Pierre said. (Trending: Obama Judge Issues Shock Ruling Against Democrats)
“We’re about to hit three years — three years since the president put forward an immigration comprehensive legislation — put that forward to Congress and nothing was done on it.”
Democratic mayors from Chicago, Denver, and New York highlighted the strain on local resources due to the influx of migrants, calling for federal support.
“An international and federal crisis that local governments are being asked to subsidize, and this is unsustainable,” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said.
“When you’re talking about 10 percent of the budget to allocate for cities on this, that’s unsustainable. When we have every single hotel room in the city full of migrants that have arrived, that’s unsustainable,” Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said.
Jean-Pierre stressed the importance of a bipartisan agreement in Congress to address border security and emphasized the broken immigration system, expressing hope for productive discussions and urging Congress to act.
“The president put forth a comprehensive immigration plan because he believed that the system is broken. The immigration system is broken, and it’s been broken for decades,” Jean-Pierre said.
“Now we are having, we believe, a very productive conversation in Congress with senators on how do we move forward in a bipartisan agreement to deal with the border security. That is important.”
“Now, what we hope is that when Congress gets back, we’ll be able to act and get these things moving forward so we can deal with this issue.”
“We’ve been in touch with some of those mayors that you talked about — governors in northern — in the northern part of the country on dealing with the issue that they’re dealing with on the ground. And we have provided resources to them and we’re going to continue to have those conversations.”
“But again, Congress needs to act. The president took this very seriously on day one.”
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