Border crisis result of Biden decisions, ‘never seen it close to this bad’: Cruz

Texas senator: Biden is ‘captive’ to AOC, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders
Talia Kaplan

By Talia Kaplan | Fox News

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, argued on “America Reports” Thursday that President Biden “caused the border crisis we are seeing right now” through his immigration actions during his first week in office.

The Republican senator, who has recently visited the southern border, added the situation is “one example of the extreme partisan failure” of the Biden administration.

“Joe Biden made the strange choice to pivot hard left,” he added. “I think he is captive to AOC [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] and Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.”

Biden has scrapped a number of former President Donald Trump’s policies, which included having asylum seekers remain in Mexico instead of staying in the U.S. while they wait for their cases to be heard. The moves have led to a record surge in migrants, including unaccompanied minors, that has strained capacity at immigration facilities in recent weeks.

Cruz told “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday he witnessed a manmade “humanitarian disaster and crisis” during the trip he took to the southern border last week.

Cruz said “this year, we have the worst illegal immigration in 20 years … and it occurred when Joe Biden became president and it occurred because of decisions he made.”

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