White House press secretary blames GOP, says President Biden has worked on border security since ‘day one’

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White House officials say border security and immigration are issues President Biden has taken “very seriously from day one” and have blamed Republican political stunts for slowing progress.

During Tuesday’s White House press conference, Fox News Peter Doocy asked press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre if anyone in the White House thought the southern border was secure.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

In response, Jean-Pierre said Biden had worked from “day one” on border security, making immigration a priority, adding that was why he proposed a comprehensive policy of border reform. ‘immigration.

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“The president comes forward and tries to find solutions,” she said. “But the difference here is you have Republicans, like you know, doing political stunts. And, you know, and we’ve said it over and over and over again.”

She said Biden was willing to work with Congress, Republicans, Democrats and independents to work on those issues that matter to the American people.

“But it is an issue that the president has taken very seriously since the first day of his administration,” added Jean-Pierre.

On President Bidens’ first day in office, he signed an executive order regarding the southern border, which was to stop construction of a wall.

President Biden talks about inflation and supply chain issues in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

The White House website said Biden had declared “an immediate termination of the declaration of national emergency that has been used as a pretext to justify some of the misappropriation of funding for the wall.”

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The order also put an immediate pause on wall-building projects for a thorough review of the legality of the financing and contracting methods used.

In another executive order, Biden strengthened protections for “dreamers,” or young immigrants brought to the country as children after former President Donald Trump tried to end deferred action for children. child arrivals, or DACA.

Migrants cross the US-Mexico border. (Fox News) (Fox News)

Bidens’ memorandum called on Congress to enact legislation granting permanent status and a pathway to citizenship for people who came to the United States as children and lived, worked and contributed to the country.

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But in terms of providing security along the border from day one, none of the presidential decrees suggest that.

During a debate on the 2019 Democratic presidential primaries, Biden said the United States is a country that tells people struggling with oppression or poor conditions, “You should come,” as he pleads for a more open asylum policy.

He then changed his tune after taking office and having to deal with migrants on the southwest border, many of whom were kept in poor conditions like those Democrats considered an outrage under the Trump administration and saying migrants to stay put.

Texas Department of Public Safety soldiers discovered 18 illegal immigrants inside the bed of an 18-wheel tractor-trailer. (Texas Department of Public Safety)

“I can say very clearly don’t come,” Biden told ABC’s George Stephanopolous in 2019. “So don’t leave your city or your community. department of DHS and also access to HHS, health and human services, to say you can apply for asylum from where you are right now.

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Biden has not visited the southern border since becoming president. His administration has sued to end the Trump-era Title 42 protocol and sued states to stop them from building barriers on their borders with Mexico. Arizona is removing shipping containers it placed at the border to deter illegal crossings, in response to a Biden administration lawsuit against it.

Doocy rephrased his question Tuesday to Jean-Pierre, asking if the White House thought the border was secure.

Jean-Pierre said Biden had taken historic steps that no other president was able to do, adding that 23,000 agents had been mobilized at the border to handle the influx of immigrants crossing the border illegally, without lots of Republican support.

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She never answered the question directly and instead talked about what the president did to resolve the issue.

“I just said that a few moments ago. He’s ready to work with Republicans,” she said. “He’s willing to work with Democrats. He’s willing to work with independents to work on this issue, to advance his comprehensive plan that he laid out on day one of his administration.”

Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.

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