Migrants walk across the Paso del Norte international border bridge from the Mexican side to continue their asylum request in the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
Nick Miroff, The Washington Post: Biden administration rushes to accommodate border surge, with few signs of plans to contain it
WASHINGTON - As the Biden administration races to find shelter for a fast-growing migration surge along the Mexico border, they are handling the influx primarily as a capacity challenge. The measures they have taken are aimed accommodating the increase, not to contain it or change the upward trend.
The administration has quickly turned detention centers into rapid-processing hubs for families with young children, relaxed shelter capacity rules aimed at lessening the spread of the coronavirus, deployed hundreds of backup border agents to the busiest crossings and tried to mobilize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help with coronavirus testing and quarantining those who test positive. With bed space filling quickly, officials have drafted plans to put families in hotels in Texas and Arizona.
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WNU editor: I do not think most Americans are aware (or care) on how the pandemic has impacted tens of millions of Mexicans and Central Americans who are now facing deteriorating and desperate conditions.
I also do not think that most Americans are focused on what the impact of millions crossing the U.S. border will have on social services, availability and the cost of housing, schools, medical, and government services.
But here is an easy prediction. Most Americans are going to be very aware on what is happening in a year or two.
