Biden says admin trying to ‘figure out’ why illegal immigrants leave their countries

President Biden said Monday that his administration is committed to improving the border crisis by trying to “figure out” why migrants are leaving their home countries for the U.S. in the first place.

“We’re working a lot with neighboring countries. A lot to do,” Biden said during a meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris and the National Governors Association (NGA) at the White House.

“I think one of the fundamental things we’ve got to do in addition to some of the changes we’ll make, which we won’t get into it today, is that if we figure out why they’re leaving in the first place,” the president continued. “It’s not like people sit around and say, in Guadalajara, ‘I got a great idea, let’s sell everything we have, give it to a coyote, take us across the border, leave us in the desert in a country doesn’t want us. We don’t speak the language. Won’t that be fun?’

“You know, there are gangs we’re working on, there’s a whole lot of illegal movement, but there’s also a way to begin to deal with the reason they’re leaving in the first place,” he added.

Biden’s comments came after Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican and chairman of the NGA, asked the president to explain what the administration is doing to help remedy the influx of migrants over the southern border. – READ MORE