Karine Jean-Pierre Accuses TX Gov. Abbott Of “Making It Harder For Border Patrol To Do Their Jobs”

Karine Jean-Pierre On Whether Border Crisis Will Get Worse: “I’m Not Gonna Read The Future”

Reporter: In the letter that you mentioned that DHS sent to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, they asked, you know, Texas to give CBP full access to Shelby Park by today. As of, you know, a couple of hours ago — about an hour or two ago, Texas National Guard hadn’t take down the — taken down the razor wire. They still had these barriers up. I guess, is the President concerned that, you know, Texas doesn’t seem to be backing down or listening to the letter that DHS sent? And I guess, would it — how does the administration plan to respond if they don’t, you know —

KJP: Yeah.

Reporter: — give DHS access?

KJP: So, I’m going to let DHS speak to how they’re going to respond — obviously, DOJ speak to how they’re going to respond. What I will say, it’s — it’s shameful. It’s shameful that politics is being played here, political stunts are being done here as … And you have a governor getting in the way of that — in the way of that. And so, it is a — it is — it is shameful that we continue to see these political stunts, and we continue to see these political games. It is not safe. It does not help solve the problem. It does not help solve the issue.

Reporter: With the President’s emergency ask — you know, he’s asked Congress to — for more money to hire more Border Patrol agents, to hire more officers to vet people who want to come in to make sure they have legitimate claims. Should the American people be prepared for the situation on the border to get worse if that money is not approved?

KJP: So, look, you know, I’m not going to get into — you know, read the future of what things — of how things are going to turn out. What I can speak to is what we’re trying to do right now … hire more immigration judges and asylum officers. That’s what was in his — in his plan. That’s what he’s asked for … Three years ago — more than three years ago, the President, on his first day, put forward a comprehensive immigration legislation and put it forward toward to — to Congress. If Congress had taken action three years ago — if they had taken action, worked towards that, we wouldn’t be where we are today.

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Q: Border Crisis Get Worse? A: “I’m Not Gonna Read Future”; TX Gov. Abbott Of “Making It Harder”