IGNORE WHAT HE WAS SAYING.
>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE ON A
VERY BUSY AFTERNOON.
>> JOINING ME NOW IS DEMOCRATIC
CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN NORMA
TOREZ.
SHE WAS PART OF THE DELEGATION
WHO TOURED THE INFLUX CARE
FACILITY BEHIND ME YESTERDAY,
WHERE MIGRANT CHILDREN ARE
CURRENTLY BEING HOUSED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
LETS GO BACK TO THE NEWS
CONFERENCE FOR A MOMENT.
TOWARDS THE END OF THAT PRESS
BRIEFING, PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS
ASKED WHEN HIS PROMISE OF
IMPROVED BORDER CONDITIONS WOULD
BE FULFILLED.
AND HE SAID THAT THEY WILL GET
BETTER QUICKLY OR AT LEAST,
QUOTE, HERE ARE SOME OF THE
PEOPLE LEAVING.
PEOPLE LEAVING THESE FACILITIES.
HOW LONG ARE YOU WILLING TO GET
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO
ADDRESS THE OVERCROWDING AND THE
BOTTLENECKS IN PROCESSING THAT
YOU SAW FIRSTHAND YESTERDAY?
>> ITS GOOD TO BE WITH YOU
TODAY.
YESTERDAY AT THE FACILITY
TOURING, I MUST SAY WHILE I
TOURED THIS FACILITY, I DID NOT
SEE CLUSTERS OF OVERCROWDING.
I DID NOT SEE CONDITIONSTHE COND
THAT I EXPECTED TO SEE THAT I
HAVE SEEN PREVIOUSLY UNDER THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE AT OUR
SOUTHERN BOARDRDER, IT IS
ABSOLUTELY A CRISIS.
BUT WE CANNOT BE FOCUSED ON
TREATING A SYMPTOM WHEN WE KNOW
THAT THE CAUSE IS DOWN IN THE
REGION IN THE NORTHERN TRICE
ANGLE RESWRON.
I WILL HOLD THIS ADMINISTRATION
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT.
I WILL HOLD THE PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE FOR
THAT.
I WILL GO AS FAR BACK AS A THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
PRESIDENT TRUMP DID US NO FAVOR
WHEN IS HE DECIDED TO TURN HIS
BACK ON THE FOCUS OF THE
DEEP-ROOTED CAUSE OF MIGRATION.
AND THAT IS HAVE A PRESIDENT IN
HONEST DUDURAS WHO IS MORE INTER
IN UTILIZING THE MILITARY THAT
WE HAVE TRAINED, BY THE WAY,
AGAINST THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO
PROTECT THE TRAFFICKERS RATHER
THAN TO HELP IMPROVE CONDITIONS
IN THE REGION.
WE HAVE STRONG MEN THAT, AGAIN,
ARE MORE INTERESTED IN ENRICHING
THEMSELVES.
THATS THE CAUSE THAT WE NEED TO
REMAIN FOCUSED ON DEALING WITH
THEM.
THE RESOURCE OF THESE COUNTRIES
IS NOT THE BEAUTIFUL BEACHES OR
THE JUNGLES.
THE GREATEST RESOURCE IN THESE
COUNTRIES ARE THE PEOPLE.
THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WE ARE
SEEING ON OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.
AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT I AM VERY
FWRATFUL FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN
RECOGNIZING THAT HUMANITY OF
THESE YOUNG CHILDREN THAT ARE
BEING FORCED TO FLEE THESE
HORRIBLE DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS
IN THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE.
>> YOU BROUGHT UP A REALLY
IMPORTANT POINT, WHICH WAS ABOUT
THE CURRENT COUNTRIES.
THE NORTHERN TRIBAL COUNTRIES
AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN THOSE
COUNTRIES THAT HAS MADE IT
POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO LEAVE BY
THE THOUSANDS TO GET HERE FOR A
BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE.
WHERE DO YOU SEE THE MISTAKES OF
PAST ADMINISTRATIONS IN ACTUALLY
DESTABILIZEING THOSE COUNTRIES
AND THEIR ECONOMIES TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE AS A COUNTRY AND
CURRENTLY THE NEW ADMINISTRATION
NOT REPEAT THOSE MISTAKES IN
MAKING SURE THOSE HAVE GOOD
ECONOMIES WHERE THEY WANT TO
STAY IN THEIR COUNTRYIESCOUNTRIE
>> I WORK CLOSELY WITH FORMER
PRESIDENT BIDEN UNDER THE
ADMINISTRATION THE LAST TWO
YEARS.
WE WERE SETTING UP SHELTERS IN
THE REGION.
WE WERE PUTTING TOGETHER PARTNER
COUNTRIES TO HELP US DEAL WITH
THE REFUGEE CRISIS.
EVERYONE WAS AGREEING TO A PLAN
TO HELP DEAL WITH THE ISSUE.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE WERE
WORKING WITH THE U.N. IN 13
OTHER PARTNER COUNTRIES TO FUND
SPECIALIZED UNITS, INVESTIGATORS
TO DEAL WITH VERY, VERY
DEEP-ROOTED ISSUES OF PUBLIC
CORRUPTION INVOLVING HEADS OF
STATE, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, THAT
WERE WORKING AGAINST A
POPULATION.
BUT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
DECIDED IT WAS A BIGGER PRIORITY
TO FORCE THIRD COUNTRY
AGREEMENTS WITH THESE COUNTRIES
AND ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO BE
THE PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE, AND AS
A RESULT, WE SAW THE FALL OF THE
U.N. ORGANIZATION IN GUATEMALA
AND AN ORGANIZATION IN HONDURAS.
AS A RESULT, WERE SEEING WHAT
WE ARE SEEING AT OUR SOUTHERN
BORDER.
THATS A SYMPTOM OF THE CAUSE
THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS NOW PUT
TOGETHER A GROUP OF
PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE VERY
KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THE REGION.
HE HAS TASKED VICE PRESIDENT
KAMALA HARRIS AND HAD THIS GROUP
OF PROFESSIONALS.
AND IM ONE THAT I AM COMMITTED.
AND WILL HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE
FOR ENSURING THAT NO U.S. TAX
DRARS ARE SENT TO THE REGION TO