If you voted for Biden because you didn't like how Trump handled the border crisis, you got bamboozled.
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President Joe Biden said Sunday his administration is in the process of re-establishing an immigration policy that existed under former President Donald Trump’s administration.
While speaking to reporters on the south lawn of the White House, Biden responded to a question concerning why migrants continue to enter in large numbers at the U.S.-Mexico border, despite him telling migrants not to come.
“Why do you think the message to the migrants, telling them to stay home, don’t come now, why do you think that hasn’t resonated yet? What more can be done sir?” the reporter asked.
“A lot more. We’re in the process of doing it now, including making sure that we re-establish what existed before, which was they can stay in place and make their case from their home countries,” Biden responded.
Biden was seemingly referring to Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy, which required migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. to remain in Mexico while their asylum claims were processed. Trump struck the immigration deal, which included the policy, in June 2019. However, the Biden administration ended the policy after taking office in January.
Migrants wait in line to enter a shelter in Tenosique, Tabasco state, Mexico, on Monday, March 9, 2021. President Joe Biden is struggling to head off a potential humanitarian and political crisis on the U.S. southern border, where a spike in migrant crossings -- particularly by unaccompanied children -- threatens to overwhelm government shelters. Photographer: Nicolo Filippo Rosso/Bloomberg via Getty Images