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White House Denies Border Crisis After Joe Biden Calls It a Crisis
White House press secretary Jen Psaki argued the crisis on the Southern border was not a crisis even after President Joe Biden described it as such.
There is no change in position, Psaki told reporters at the White House press briefing Monday. The president does not feel that children coming to our border seeking refuge from violence, economic hardships, and other dire circumstances is not a crisis.
On Sunday, Biden spoke to reporters about the crisis on the border, saying it was part of his consideration on the issue of refugee caps.
Biden seeks to appease ultra-right with refugee policy
President Joe Biden abruptly reversed himself on how many refugees the United States would accept this year, after a political firestorm erupted when the White House announced it was retaining the ceiling of 15,000 refugees set by his predecessor Donald Trump.
Biden had pledged during the election campaign to raise the ceiling on refugees to 125,000 a year still a drop in the bucket compared to the millions of refugees created by US-instigated wars and conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa, the principal driving force of recent mass migrations.
Immigrants in a US detention center
April 17, 2021
April 17, 2021
The White House Is Urging Congress To Act On Gun Reform After Non-stop Bloodshed From Mass Shootings.
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A familiar and deadly problem has returned across the United States with a vengeance. What happened in Indianapolis Thursday was only the latest in a string of gun violence incidents. They’ve grabbed headlines over the past month, alongside the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
Tonight, many Americans may be wondering when our flags won’t be at half staff to mourn the victims of mass shootings. There have been at least 45 mass shootings in the United States, in the month since eight people were killed at Atlanta area spas. There have been at least 147 mass shootings in the US, just in 2021, according to the Gun Violence Archive.