Karine Jean-Pierre Can’t Explain Why Illegal Border Crossings Have Surged Under Biden
Q: “[Illegal immigration] is MUCH higher now than it was five years ago — so why is that if it’s not because of Biden’s executive actions?”
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: “We understand that there’s challenges”
Reporter: Immigration has definitely risen since Biden took office, even without legislation being passed. It’s much higher now than it was five years ago. So, why is that if it’s not because of Biden executive actions that he took when he got into office?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I mean, that’s why it’s so important to get this bipartisan deal that came out of the Senate done. We understand that there’s challenges at the border. We understand that the immigration system is broken. It’s been broken for decades. It was broken under the last administration … But we need to do more …
Jean-Pierre Claims Biden “Has Done More In 3 Years…Than Most Presidents Have Done In Two Terms”
Karine Jean-Pierre: “The president has done more in three years in this administration than most presidents have done in two terms!”
Reporter: Can you give us an update on the President’s State of the Union prep? I know he’s up at Camp David for a while this weekend. Is he bringing a team with him up there? Do you know if he’s enlisted any outside writers to help him on it? What’s — where does that sort of stand?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, look, certainly, we’ll — we’ll have more to share, more color to — to provide on the President’s preparation for the State of the Union. What I can say is … You’re hearing him talk about how he is on the side of the American people. That’s important. The President has done more in three years in this administration than most president has done in two terms. I mean, that is what we’ve seen …
Reporter: And last year’s speech had sort of an unusual amount of audience interaction. (Laughter.) How much of that is going into the planning this year?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I mean, look, that was — I mean, I think what you should take out of what happened last year is as — we were not expecting that. The President was not expecting audience interaction, as you just stated. (Laughter.) And you saw the President was pretty sharp …
Karine Jean-Pierre Essentially Rules Out Biden Taking Executive Action To Secure Border
Karine Jean-Pierre on the possibility of executive action on border security:
“We always evaluate options. We are. We’re gonna evaluate options. That is something that we’re gonna do here … we evaluate all options.”
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KJP Can’t Explain Why Illegal Border Surged, Biden Done More 3 Years…Than Most Presidents 2 Terms