Murphy: Immigration surge began under Trump
Source: The Hill
BY JOHN BOWDEN - 03/14/21 10:10 AM EDT
An ally of President Biden argued Sunday that U.S. policy was not the primary driving factor behind a surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, instead blaming longstanding conditions in Central America and the desperation of migrants.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace that an uptick of apprehensions and illegal border crossings last fall was evidence that Biden's inauguration had not triggered a surge of migration.
"This president inherited a mess from [President] Donald Trump in terms of immigration, and he’s trying to fix it in a humane way," Murphy said.
"The surge at the border began last fall, in the last four months of Donald Trump’s presidency there was an 80 percent surge in apprehensions at the border," he added.
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