{"id":204625,"date":"2021-03-09T15:00:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T20:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=204625"},"modified":"2021-03-09T15:00:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T20:00:12","slug":"jen-psaki-admits-child-migration-crisis-overwhelming-biden-admin-refuses-to-confirm-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jen-psaki-admits-child-migration-crisis-overwhelming-biden-admin-refuses-to-confirm-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Jen Psaki Admits Child Migration Crisis Overwhelming Biden Admin, Refuses To Confirm Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fjen-psaki-admits-child-migration-crisis-overwhelming-biden-admin-refuses-to-confirm-numbers%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=204625&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\/03\/Biden-6-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki was \u201cgrilled\u201d on the subject of child migrants at the White House press conference on Tuesday, and while she now admits the administration is having difficulty finding room for the hundreds of children coming across the United States\u2019 southern border, she refused to call the issue a \u201ccrisis\u201d or confirm the number of children currently being housed in border detention facilities.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-putting-migrant-kids-in-facilities-akin-to-jails-separating-them-from-parents-for-weeks-reports\">Daily Wire noted earlier Tuesday<\/a>, the New York Times issued a blockbuster report late Monday, detailing the burgeoning child migrant issue, claiming that more than 3,000 children are now being held in border facilities \u2014 facilities that were \u201cbuilt for adults,\u201d and which appear to be \u201cakin to jails.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number of unaccompanied migrant children detained along the southern border has tripled in the last two weeks to more than 3,250, filling facilities akin to jails as the Biden administration struggles to find room for them in shelters,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2021\/03\/08\/us\/joe-biden-news\">The New York Times&nbsp;said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe children are being held in facilities, managed by the Customs and Border Protection agency, that were built for adults,\u201d the outlet continued. \u201cThe border agency has been the subject of widespread criticism for the horrific conditions in its federal detention facilities, in which children are exposed to disease, hunger, and overcrowding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2021\/03\/06\/migrant-children-facility-used-house-minors-separated-family\/4587455001\/\">In a separate report, in USA Today<\/a>, the mainstream press also acknowledged that the Biden administration is removing children from the custody of parents and relatives while they assess asylum and relationship claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe migrant children often arrive with a grandparent, older sibling, or other relative but are separated until federal officials can confirm the accompanying adult is their relative, as required under U.S. law,\u201d that report noted. \u201cBut it also classifies the youngsters as \u2018unaccompanied minors\u2019 and places them in federal shelters until a sponsor or adult is vetted, a process that can take several weeks or even months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Psaki refused to corroborate that information, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2021\/mar\/09\/joe-biden-immigration-coronavirus-covid-relief-bill-george-floyd-derek-chauvin-georgia-live-updates?CMP=share_btn_tw\">according to The Guardian<\/a>, which has followed the story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhite House press secretary Jen Psakiwas grilled on the situation at the US-Mexican border, as the number of unaccompanied migrant children trying to enter the country has surged,\u201d the Guardian noted following Tuesday\u2019s press conference.&nbsp; \u201cPsaki refused to confirm reports that more than 3,000 migrant children are being detained along the southern border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also continued to refuse to call the issue a \u201ccrisis,\u201d now saying that the Biden administration would prefer to resist \u201clabels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Psaki did finally say, however, that there are more minors coming across the border than the Biden administration currently has room for, implicitly confirming reports that the Biden administration has been informed that the surge will quickly overwhelm existing facilities. Psaki said they are working on other ways to address the migrant influx, beyond reopening detention centers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re also looking for ways we can expedite the way we vet and process families and sponsor-host families \u2013 where these kids can go,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is still reportedly considering all options, however. Reports from last week indicated that they were even toying with the idea of reopening a Health and Human Services-run facility that was the subject of intense protest in 2019, including by now-Vice President, Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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