The prior administration dismantled our nation's immigration system in its entirety.

When I started 27 days ago, I learned that we did not have the facilities available or equipped to administer the humanitarian laws that our Congress passed years ago.

We did not have the personnel policies, procedures or training to administer those laws.

Quite frankly, the entire system was gutted.

Contracts have been entered that were unlawful or against the interests of the United States Department of Justice.

If families come, if single adults come to the border, we are obligated to in the service of public health, including the health of the very people who are thinking of coming.

Um uh, to impose the travel restrictions under the C.

D.

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S title 42 of authorities and return them to Mexico.

And we have done that, we need individuals to wait.

Do you believe that right now there's a crisis at the border?

I think that the answer is no.

I think there is a challenge at the border that we are managing, and we have our resources dedicated to managing it.