The number of unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border is growing — and, with it, anxiety in the Biden administration. Newer concerns have mixed with longstanding ones to create a situation at the border that could become untenable. Today, in the second part of our series on what we’re learning about the Biden administration, we look at the president’s response to the growing number of minors at the border.
The number of unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border is growing — and, with it, anxiety in the Biden administration.
Newer concerns have mixed with longstanding ones to create a situation at the border that could become untenable.
Today, in the second part of our series on what we’re learning about the Biden administration, we look at the president’s response to the growing number of minors at the border.
Guest: Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a homeland security correspondent based in Washington for The New York Times.
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