Jen Psaki: Biden Would Welcome Meeting with McCarthy to Discuss Amnesty

White House press secretary Jen Psaki responded at a press briefing Friday to a request from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to meet about the crisis on the Southern border.

Psaki said Biden is currently focused on rolling back former President Trump’s policies on border security and immigration.

“Well, first, the president and this administration’s focus is on digging out of the dismantled and inhumane immigration approach of the last administration,” she said during the afternoon briefing.

Biden’s new approach has triggered a flood of migrants at the southern border. Border agents detained nearly 100,000 migrants in February, up from 78,000 in January with more expected in the upcoming months.

McCarthy wrote a letter to Biden Friday requesting a meeting to discuss the border crisis.

“I feel compelled to express great concern with the manner in which your administration is approaching this cr... (Read more)

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