“I believe there are some failures,” the Minnesota congressman told CNN’s Chief Media Correspondent Brian Stelter on Sunday’s “Reliable Sources.” “It’s also critical that we demonstrate basic humanity and address the root reasons of migration in the region.” According to documents acquired by CNN, more over 5,000 unaccompanied youngsters were in the custody of US Customs and Border Protection as of Saturday. This comes as President Joe Biden’s administration tries to come up with speedy remedies to the country’s rapidly changing immigration issue. The number of unaccompanied children at the border has received a lot of attention in the media. However, Omar is pushing the media to focus on the “cruel and conflicting” foreign policies that are at the foundation of the immigration dilemma. The present immigration debate is predicated on “gaining political points,” according to Omar. Continue reading “It’s not about American safety,” she clarified. Republicans are intensifying their attacks on Democrats in response to the growing border crisis. They launched a fresh ad campaign last week accusing Biden of focused on opening schools and businesses rather than the border. In a letter to Biden’s Director of Domestic Policy, Susan Rice, and Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, Omar urged the Biden administration to release an Executive Order declaring a strategy to phase out contracts between ICE and state, county, and local jails and prisons. Mayorkas would to say when the Biden administration will open new facilities to deal with the influx of unaccompanied minors at the southern border on Sunday. — This piece was co-authored by CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez and Michael Warren. Continue reading