{"id":168634,"date":"2021-02-24T14:21:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T19:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=168634"},"modified":"2021-02-24T14:29:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T19:29:22","slug":"psaki-on-biden-keeping-migrant-kids-in-containers-versus-cages-we-only-have-a-couple-of-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-on-biden-keeping-migrant-kids-in-containers-versus-cages-we-only-have-a-couple-of-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki On Biden Keeping Migrant Kids In \u2018Containers\u2019 Versus \u2018Cages\u2019: \u2018We Only Have A Couple Of Choices\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpsaki-on-biden-keeping-migrant-kids-in-containers-versus-cages-we-only-have-a-couple-of-choices%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=168634&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/JP-8-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki avoided directly answering multiple questions from Fox News reporter Peter Doocy on Wednesday afternoon about the Biden administration\u2019s decision to open detention facilities for children apprehended at the U.S. border while trying to enter the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen some photos now of containers. Is there a better description?\u201d Doocy asked. \u201cIs it kids in containers instead of kids in cages? What is the the White House\u2019s description of this facility?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, let me give a broader description of what\u2019s happening here,\u201d she responded. \u201cWe have a number of unaccompanied minors, children who are coming into the country without their families, what we are not doing, what the last administration did, was separate those kids, rip them from the arms of their parents at the border, we are not doing that. That is immoral. And that is not the approach of this administration. These kids, we have a couple of options, we can send them back home and do a dangerous journey back, we are not doing that either. That is also putting them at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can quickly transfer them from CBP to these HHS run facilities. That\u2019s one option, or we can put them with families and sponsors without any vetting. There were some problems that that that that process ran into as well. We\u2019ve chosen the middle option,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd these HHS facilities. This is one of them, you\u2019re referring to, we had to expand and open additional facilities, because there was not enough space in the existing facilities \u2026 if we were to abide by COVID protocols. That\u2019s the process and the step. This facility in Texas, which has been reopened, has been revamped has been there are teachers there is medical facilities and our objective is to move them move these kids quickly from there to vetted, sponsored families and to places where they can safely be. This is a difficult situation. It\u2019s a difficult choice. That\u2019s the choice we\u2019ve made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doocy later asked about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/aoc-mocked-for-giving-biden-a-slap-on-the-wrist-for-opening-detention-camps-for-migrant-kids\">tweet<\/a> from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) that mildly criticized the Biden administration over the decision to open the facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki claimed that she did not know what AOC wrote, saying that the situation at the border was \u201cheartbreaking\u201d but that that Biden administration \u201conly have a couple of choices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether the administration would support allowing reporters into the facilities to see what the conditions there were like for the children, Psaki deflected, saying that Doocy would need to ask a different department in the administration.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jrpsaki?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jrpsaki<\/a> again tries to explain how putting kids in shipping containers is different than what they called &#8220;kids in cages&#8221; under Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aRKJ491OI0\">pic.twitter.com\/aRKJ491OI0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The First (@TheFirstonTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFirstonTV\/status\/1364650092083380225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>TRANSCRIPT:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>PETER DOOCY, FOX NEWS REPORTER: Thanks, Jen, we spoke yesterday about immigration and this facility, HHS facility, in Carrizo Springs, Texas, for migrant children and you said, it is not kids in cages. We\u2019ve seen some photos now of containers. Is there a better description? Is it kids in containers instead of kids in cages? What is the the White House\u2019s description of this facility?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JEN PSAKI: Well, let me give a broader description of what\u2019s happening here. We have a number of unaccompanied minors, children who are coming into the country without their families, what we are not doing, what the last administration did, was separate those kids, rip them from the arms of their parents at the border, we are not doing that. That is immoral. And that is not the approach of this administration. These kids, we have a couple of options, we can send them back home and do a dangerous journey back, we are not doing that either. That is also putting them at risk. We can quickly transfer them from CBP to these HHS run facilities. That\u2019s one option, or we can put them with families and sponsors without any vetting. There were some problems that that that that process ran into as well. We\u2019ve chosen the middle option. And these HHS facilities. This is one of them, you\u2019re referring to, we had to expand and open additional facilities, because there was not enough space in the existing facilities \u2026 if we were to abide by COVID protocols. That\u2019s the process and the step. This facility in Texas, which has been reopened, has been revamped has been there are teachers there is medical facilities and our objective is to move them move these kids quickly from there to vetted, sponsored families and to places where they can safely be. This is a difficult situation. It\u2019s a difficult choice. That\u2019s the choice we\u2019ve made.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DOOCY: So, just one step back from that, we\u2019ve been talking to people down at the border who say that right now, DHS and the Border Patrol are using the same kind of facilities now that they did during the Trump administration, and there\u2019s a facility right now it\u2019s in Donna, Texas, instead of McAllen, Texas, but it\u2019s tents and chain link fence around it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: A CBP facility, before they\u2019re transferred to the HHS facilities, is that what you\u2019re referring to?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DOOCY: Yes. And the the issue would be that just in the last couple days, they had hundreds of kids that they were holding for over 72 hours, which is the legal limit, to keep somebody in a temporary facility. So I\u2019m just curious, why is that happening?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: Let\u2019s be clear, though, because I know you want to be clear with the public about the differences, the CBP facilities, which you\u2019re right, the objective is to move kids, unaccompanied minors, as quickly as possible under 72 hours to these HHS fund sponsored facilities, which is the one where we\u2019ve been referring to in Texas, they are two different things. There has been some, there were some delays last week because of weather and because some of these facilities to safely move these kids to, did not have power, and we\u2019re not in a place where they could they had the capacity to take in these kids and do it safely. That is not our objective. That is not our goal. So some unfortunately did state four days five days or longer, but the objective is to move them as quickly as possible to the HHS sponsored facilities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DOOCY: Has the White House seen the comment from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who, speaking about that HHS facility in Carrizo springs said, \u2018This is not okay. Never has been okay. Never will be okay. No matter the administration or party.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: Well, I think the difficulty is, I haven\u2019t seen the full context of the quote or interview, of the tweet that was that she shared. But I would say the difficulty is what I outlined earlier, we have kids coming across the border, it is heartbreaking. I think we all as human beings are heartbroken as parents as mothers fathers, too. We only have a couple of choices. What we are not doing is dividing these kids and separating from their parents at the border, which is what the last administration did, and why President Biden or then candidate Biden and then candidate Harris, were outspoken at the time about these kids being pulled from their parents. What we are doing is working as quickly as possible to process these kids into these HHS facilities, which has been revamped, which have medical and educational services available so that we can then transfer them to families. That\u2019s what our approaches.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DOOCY: So, if there is this big difference would be administration support, it can be done but safely because of COVID and with privacy concerns for the children of mind, would the administration support letting reporters in and precedent to see what the difference is?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: I think you\u2019d have to talk to the Department of Homeland Security about that. They\u2019re obviously safety protocols about that privacy concerns, but I certainly encourage you to reach out about that.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki avoided directly answering multiple questions from Fox News reporter Peter Doocy on Wednesday afternoon about the Biden administration\u2019s decision to open detention facilities for &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274146,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/JP-8-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Psaki On Biden Keeping Migrant Kids In \u2018Containers\u2019 Versus \u2018Cages\u2019: \u2018We Only Have A Couple Of Choices\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/JP-8-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Psaki On Biden Keeping Migrant Kids In \u2018Containers\u2019 Versus \u2018Cages\u2019: \u2018We Only Have A Couple Of Choices\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}