White House Doubles Down On Refusal To Call Border Influx A Crisis: ‘It’s A Vital Human Challenge’

The White House doubled down on its refusal to label the record-setting number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border a “crisis,” instead referring to the massive influx as a “vital human challenge.”

“There are over 3,700 unaccompanied migrant children in border control custody … in these facilities that are jail-like … How can you say that’s not a crisis?” one reporter asked.
“Well, I think what Ambassador Jacobson and Secretary Mayorkas were conveying and what I’ve conveyed is it doesn’t matter what you call it, it is an enormous...