The White House said Friday that it does not encourage irregular immigration but also does not approve of solutions recently offered by some Republican governors, and defended President Joe Biden’s position on the treatment of immigrants.
President Biden has said that it is not reasonable to send migrants from Venezuela, Cuba or Nicaragua back to their countries.
“What the president has said is that these people, these mothers, these children, these families are leaving their countries due to communism, political persecution, and he has said that they should not be used as political pawns by the governor. [Ron] DeSantis and other governors,” presidential spokeswoman Karine Jean Pierre responded to a question from the voice of america at a press conference at the White House.
The spokeswoman explained that the president in his recent statements was denouncing “inhumane behavior” against migrants.
“The president has talked about this, it is important to treat people with dignity,” he added.
Last September 15, at least two buses with immigrants sent from Texas to Washington were left in front of the house of Vice President Kamala Harris.
The day before, two planes chartered by Governor DeSantis moved immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, escalating a tactic by Republican governors to draw attention to what they see as the failed border policies of the Biden administration.
According to data from the US Border Patrol, authorities detained migrants 1.43 million times on the southern border between January and July, accounting for those who are expelled and return again, which means 28% more than in the same period. from the previous year.
* With the collaboration of Jorge Agobian, VOA correspondent at the White House.
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