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Arizona Governor Doug Ducey Blasts Biden Immigration Policy Amid Migrant Surge
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1:09Now PlayingArizona Gov. Doug Ducey is lashing out at Biden Administration immigration policy as the cause of a surge in migrant children along the U.S. border with Mexico.
"The administration at all levels should state clearly that our borders are not open and the amnesty law has not changed and that immigrants seeking a better life or more economic opportunity should not be attempting to utilize the asylum process," Ducey said Friday during a visit along the Arizona border with Mexico.
Ducey was joined on the tour by Republican Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who leads the Senate GOP's campaign arm.
Ducey met with border and emergency management authorities on Wednesday. He's joined Republicans in blaming President Joe Biden for fueling the problems.
President Biden lifted some of former President Donald Trump's restrictive immigration policies when he took office, though the surge began while Trump was still in office.
Biden is contending with smugglers whose business relies on convincing people that now is a good time to cross, Republican adversaries promoting a narrative of a border in crisis, and exemptions from pandemic-related expulsions for unaccompanied children and people deemed vulnerable by U.S. authorities.
The rise in children arriving alone has sent authorities scrambling for temporary housing and processing space, including at the Dallas Convention Center. Many of the recent arrivals are families and children traveling alone, who enjoy more legal protections and require greater care.
U.S. authorities encountered migrants at the border more than 100,000 times in February, the first six-figure total since a four-month streak in 2019. There's been a surge of families and children traveling alone, who enjoy more legal protections.
While the number of migrants caught trying to cross the border from Mexico has been rising since April, the 100,441 encountered last month was the highest figure since March 2019. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has said the number is tracking toward a 20-year high.
A sweeping plan announced by President Biden on his first day in office to remake the immigration system has stalled in Congress. Instead, the Democratic-controlled House passed two smaller-scale bills Thursday that offer a process to obtain U.S. citizenship for immigrants brought to the country illegally as children and extend legal status to farm workers and their families.
Both initiatives won some GOP support, helping their chances in a Senate split 50-50. But Republicans have also signaled that they see continuing to hammer Biden on border issues as a winner heading into 2022's midterm elections.
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