‘I Never Saw More Damning Quotes’NYT Reporter Scolds Biden Officials For Treating Migrants Worse Than Trump Did

New York Times reporter Michael Shear Cornered White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre And National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby — during a Friday briefing — about the administration’s handling of the ongoing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Shear The fact that humanitarian organizations have raised more alarms over the alleged disaster has been highlighted. Biden administration’s treatment of migrants than they did when former President Donald Trump The White House.

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Reporter: Groups Are you calling? Biden’s border policy a “humanitarian disgrace.”

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“I spent a long time covering immigration stuff during the Trump years. I — I never saw more damning quotes from immigration advocacy groups and human rights groups during the Trump years than — as I saw yesterday towards this administration,” Shear began.

Shear The head of a refugee organisation gave a quote that she had read, and she stated that “the…” Biden administration’s most recent immigration policies amounted to “a humanitarian disgrace” — and he said that she was far from the only one who felt that way.

“That was echoed across the board in literally scores of emails I got from every humanitarian group,” He continued. “What do you all — what does the administration say to the overwhelming consensus from people who advocate on behalf of asylum seekers and refugees and migrants that what the president did yesterday was ‘a humanitarian disgrace’?”

“Well, obviously, we take a different view,” Kirby They objected, arguing Biden We were trying to find the right balance between allowing refugees into the country and allowing them safe entry. United States Encourage legal immigration, while also curbing illegal immigration and making sure the border is secure.

A little later in the briefing Jean-Pierre So called Shear out directly — and he pushed the issue again.

“The advocacy folks and the community of people who are lawyers and advocates and humanitarian experts, what they would say is the president is using the tools, and he’s using them in a harsh and unbalanced way,” Shear The conclusion was, as the author noted, that the Biden Administration was likely to be sued by these advocacy groups in the same way as the Trump Administration had.

“And they — you know, lawsuits are going to be filed in the same way that lawsuits, you know, were filed against the Trump administration over and over and over again about their immigration policies. But, you know — this time, it’ll be against you guys,” He continued.

Pointing Return to the 2020 presidential election, when Biden He spent much of his time explaining the many ways he would be different from everyone else. Trump — particularly when it came to immigration — Shear It was noted that the administration could not continue down the same path. “in a really awkward place” Moving forward

“I — I have to say, Michael, I take — look, I understand what you’re saying. But I do take — you know, I do take issue with comparing us to Donald Trump, who —” Jean-Pierre objected.

Shear protested: “It’s not me. I’m just — I’m —”

“No, no, no — no, I know you are the messenger, and you are giving me the information,” Jean Pierre replied, adding, “I am responding to what you just said, which is: You’re talking about an administration who had a policy — right? — that tore babies away from their moms, from their parents, from their families. That was the president’s — President — the last administration — that president’s philosophy or policies. And that’s what they did. And this is not this president.”