KJP On Biden’s Historic Southern Border Crisis: “Gonna Have To Point You To…CBP

On 9/25/2023, during White House Press Brief, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “I just wanted to ask you about the situation of the Southwest border. As we know, some cities are claiming that they are at breaking point with regards to the humanitarian crisis that is ongoing down there. I know that there was an agreement signed with Mexico over the weekend. I wonder if the administration is in touch with the cities down on the border and if there’s any other actions that the White House is considering to address the issue that is taking place down at the border.

KJP: So, I’m going to have to point — point you to the readout from CBP. As you just mentioned, they — they issued a readout of their conversation with the Mexican government over the weekend, so — so — regarding their engagement. So, certainly would have you reach out to them, and they could lay out specifically how that — that engagement went. And also refer you to the readouts more specifically as well.

Karine Jean-Pierre On Biden’s Historic Southern Border Crisis: “Gonna Have To Point You To…CBP

Key Points

On 9/25/2023, during White House Press Brief, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “I just wanted to ask you about the situation of the Southwest border

• As we know, some cities are claiming that they are at breaking point with regards to the humanitarian crisis that is ongoing down there
• I know that there was an agreement signed with Mexico over the weekend
• I wonder if the administration is in touch with the cities down on the border and if there’s any other actions that the White House is considering to address the issue that is taking place down at the border

Transcript Highlights

Transcribed from the video audio:

• I just wanted to ask you about the situation on the Southwest border as we know some cities are claiming that they’re breaking point with regards to the humanitarian crisis that is on going down there
• I know that there was an agreement signed with Mexico over the weekend
• I wonder if the administration is in touch with these cities down on the border and if there’s on a all that of actions that the White House is considering to address the issue that is taking place down on the border
• So I’m going to have to point you to the readout from CBP as you just mentioned
• They issued a readout of their conversation with the Mexican government over the weekend
• So regarding their engagement, so certainly would have you reach out to them and they could lay out specifically how that engagement went and also refer you to the readouts more specifically as well