Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley distanced herself from former President Donald Trump's policy of separating migrant children from their parents, but said it happened because lawmakers have long been at a stalemate on immigration reform.
— a pandemic-era emergency rule that allowed the Trump and Biden administrations to expel migrants without court hearings — ended last week, Customs and Border Protection apprehensions hit all-time highs. But an expected spike in illegal crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border after the policy ended has not materialized in the immediate aftermath,obtained by CBS News. Still, holding facilities in the Rio Grande Valley are over capacity.
Haley blamed the crisis at the border on both Republicans and Democrats, saying it"should have been dealt with a long time ago and it wasn't." She indicated she would stop allowing any immigrants into the country until immigration reform is passed. "I think we need to stop the bleeding of the border and completely do immigration reform before we can think of taking anybody else into this country," she said.
"We shouldn't wait for another 9/11 to realize that Republicans and Democrats have to get in the room and figure out immigration reform and start working for the American people instead of the other way around," she added. The Biden administration is seeking to reduce the historically high levels of migration through several deterrence measures, including disqualifying migrants from reentering the U.S. for five years if they do not first seek refuge in a third country on their way to the U.S.
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