Fox News correspondent Griff Jenkins got a close look at "ground zero" for the border surge greeting the Biden administration in its early weeks, showing viewers a crowded migrant camp just over the southern border in Matamoros, Mexico. "It’s ground zero for the surge here at the border," Jenkins said Monday on "Outnumbered." The administration has denied the surge in migrant crossings constitutes a crisis, but the increase in asylum seekers is threatening to overwhelm border officials and overcrowd housing facilities. The White House recently defended the opening of a new child migrant holding facility that was criticized under the Trump administration. 'WE ARE SERIOUSLY IN TROUBLE': ARIZONA SHERIFF SAYS 'POLITICS' TO BLAME FOR BORDER CRISISRepublican critics have charged the migrant surge stems from Biden's "open border" policies, in sharp contrast to the the Trump administration.

Source: Fox News March 08, 2021 23:13 UTC