Former President Joe Biden and his advisers repeatedly rejected recommendations that could have addressed the southern border migrant crisis, The New York Times reported Sunday.
According to the Times’ review of internal debates and interviews with former officials, Biden entered office determined to reverse the toughest Trump-era policies — and did it quickly — despite early warnings from advisers that a rapid shift could ignite “chaos” at the border and trigger a political crisis.
Those warnings proved prescient as migrant encounters surged early in 2021, border facilities were overwhelmed, and the consequences spread far beyond Texas and Arizona into big-city budgets and public services.
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