White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre suggested Thursday on “The View” that the Biden administration is trying to “fix” an immigration system decimated by former President Trump. Republicans helped create chaos at the border. Jean-Pierre told the hosts of “The View” that the number of people leaving countries like Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela to enter America has increased recently, saying, “We’ve seen a 121 percent increase since last year. So , we’re talking about places that have a communist regime, and they’re trying to leave that communist regime, and you see this issue all over the Western Hemisphere… So we have a new kind of migration that’s happening.” He argued that the Biden administration handled the situation responsibly by working closely with countries in the troubled region, but Republican governors were problematic. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre answers questions during the daily briefing at the White House on September 1, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) BORDER AGENTS REBUILD BAD GRACE BORDER ENFORCEMENT, WHICH IS ‘FAR FROM SECURE’ “All our regional partners are dealing with this. We are talking to them and in constant communication,” he said. “That’s why the stunt the Republican governors are pulling is so embarrassing.” Republican governors such as Florida’s Ron DeSandis are sending migrants to areas popular with liberal politicians in an effort to bring the border chaos back into the political spotlight. Jean-Pierre suggested the move was “so inhumane” because the Trump administration caused the problems in the first place. “It’s so inhumane because while we’re trying to fix a problem that was decimated, an immigration system that was decimated by the last administration, they’re not finding solutions,” Jean-Pierre claimed. “They use children, they use women and families as a political trick, as a political ploy because they don’t want solutions at all.” Illegal immigrants arrive at Martha’s Vineyard Airport on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (Video obtained by Fox News) DESANTIS HITS JUDGES ON HIS MOVE TO FLY IMMIGRANTS TO MARTHA’S VINEYARD Jean-Pierre added further, “I want to ask Governor DeSantis, ‘Why? Why are you doing this? Why do you do this to children? In families? Where is the solution?” Jean-Pierre is the latest of several Democratic leaders, including Vice President Kamala Harris and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., who have suggested that Republicans, particularly the Trump administration, are to blame for the current border crisis. Harris suggested in a video released Wednesday by Vice that the Biden administration is spending time and resources to “rebuild” the immigration system. Migrants, many from Central America and Venezuela, walk along the Huehuetan highway in Mexico’s Chiapas state early Tuesday, June 7, 2022. The group left Tapachula on Monday, tired of waiting to normalize their situation in a area with little work and still far from their ultimate goal of reaching the United States. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “Under the previous administration, they decimated a system that was designed to deal with immigration,” the vice president argued. Alexander Hall is an associate editor at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected]
