Biden’s ‘Border Czar’ Is Resigning: White House

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks about vaccinations,
in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington
on April 6, 2021.
(Evan Vucci/AP Photo)






Biden’s ‘Border Czar’ Is Resigning:
White House

BY JACK PHILLIPS
April 9, 2021
Updated: April 9, 2021


President Joe Biden’s border coordinator will leave the administration at the end of April
after a surge of illegal immigrants along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The White House confirmed that Special Assistant to the President and Coordinator
Roberta Jacobson, a former U.S. ambassador to Mexico, will step down.

“Biden knew there was no person better to usher in a more safe, secure, and just
approach to our Southern Border. Consistent with her commitment at the outset to
serve in the Administration’s first 100 days, Ambassador Jacobson will retire from
her role as Coordinator at the end of this month,” according to the White House.

Last month, Biden said that Vice President Kamala Harris will lead the administration
in dealing with Central American countries such as El Salvador, Guatemala, and
Honduras. An increasing number of Central American nationals have attempted to
illegally enter the United States in recent months.

“The Vice President is overseeing a whole-of-government approach supported by
outstanding public servants across the interagency including Secretary of
Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary of Health and Human Services
Xavier Becerra, who were tasked by the President at the beginning of the
administration to rebuild our immigration system,” according to the
White House’s statement.




Special Assistant to the President and Coordinator for the Southern Border,
Ambassador Roberta Jacobson, speaks during a press briefing in the
Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on March 10, 2021.
(Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)



Jacobsen praised how Biden has handled the U.S. immigration system.

“They continue to drive toward the architecture that the president has laid out:
an immigration system that is humane, orderly, and safe,” Jacobsen told the New York Times.
“I leave optimistically. The policy direction is so clearly right for our country.”

During the month of March, Border Patrol agents apprehended 172,000 illegal
immigrants, according to statistics released on April 8 by Customs and Border
Protection (CBP). An additional 1,000 per day are evading capture. In February,
border agents apprehended 101,000 people.

Acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller said this week that the increase “is not new.”
“Encounters have continued to increase since April 2020, and our past experiences
have helped us be better prepared for the challenges we face this year,” he said.

But Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, disputed Miller’s
claim in saying, “This surge is unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.”

Republicans have said that it was because of Biden’s executive orders in January
that rescinded Trump-era immigration rules that there is now a surge in people
entering the United States. illegally, including unaccompanied minors.
Democrats and Biden have said Trump dismantled the U.S. immigration system.