Migrant families keep arriving as officials say they fear the '39,000 not apprehended' this year
Daily MailMigrant families were continuing to arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday, as one of Joe Biden's senior officials admitted that his more tolerant approach was likely encouraging many to try and enter, and border patrol officials spoke of their concerns about the large numbers slipping through the net. A group of migrants from Guatemala are seen in Texas on Wednesday, having crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico Sarah, from Honduras, carries her 17-month-old daughter Lucia after crossing the Rio Grande Roberta Jacobsen, a special advisor to Joe Biden on migration, addressed the issue on Wednesday The CBP said 25,000 of the migrants they encountered in February had already attempted to cross the border previously. Women in the sprawling Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez, which borders El Paso in Texas, say goodbye on Wednesday Migrants who have applied for asylum prepare to cross the border on a bus into the United States Well-wishers and staff at the migrant center wave off migrants in Ciudad Juarez as they head for processing Border Patrol facilities, operating at reduced capacity due to COVID, were unable to cope and so migrants were released into southern Texas and Arizona. Senator Tom Cotton leads backlash against confirmation of Merrick Garland after the new Attorney General REFUSED to say whether he believed entering the United States illegally should be a crime Arkansas senator Tom Cotton has led condemnation of the confirmation of Joe Biden's attorney general, insisting that Merrick Garland is soft on migration and backs an 'extreme open-border amnesty agenda'. Ted Cruz, senator for Texas, was concerned Garland would 'politicize' the Justice Department Cotton said that he was deeply troubled by Garland's immigration stance Cotton, known for his hardline views on immigration, spoke out against Garland on the Senate floor, ridiculing his response that he 'hadn't thought about' whether entering the country illegally should be a crime.