Trump: Biden administration turned border into ‘national disaster’

Donald Trump has slammed the Biden administration for taking just weeks to transform the US border from a “national triumph into a national disaster”. “We proudly handed the Biden Administration the most secure border in history," the former president said in a statement. “All they had to do was keep this smooth-running system on autopilot. Instead, in the span of a just few weeks, the Biden Administration has turned a national triumph into a national disaster. They are in way over their heads and taking on water fast.” Mr Trump urged President Joe Biden to “immediately complete the wall”, which he said could be done in a matter of weeks. “They should never have stopped it,” he said. “They are causing death and human tragedy.” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas recently said the US was facing the largest migrant surge at its southwestern border in 20 years. “We are on pace to encounter more individuals on the southwest border than we have in the last 20 years,” he said. But in a Fox News interview, he blamed the former president for the situation rather than policy changes from the Biden administration. “What we are seeing is the result of President Trump's dismantlement of the safe and orderly immigration processes that were built over many, many years by presidents of both parties,” Mr Mayorkas said. His remarks prompted sniping from Mr Trump. “Even someone of Mayorkas’ limited abilities should understand that if you provide Catch-and-Release to the world’s illegal aliens then the whole world will come,” Mr Trump said. “The only way to end the Biden Border Crisis is for them to admit their total failure and adopt the profoundly effective, proven Trump policies. “It’s clear they are engaged in a huge cover-up to hide just how bad things truly are.” Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au