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On the recordJune 8, 2021
To be clear, the Biden administration did not cause this surge. There are long-standing, structural root-causes for these migration trends.
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Diana DeGette
Democratic · Colorado
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DeGette clarifies that the surge in unaccompanied children is due to long-standing issues, not the Biden administration.

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