- Susan Rice called HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra a “bitch ass”& “idiot”.
- VP Harris’ team made it clear her responsibilities “began and ended” w/ root causes in just the 3 Northern Triangle counties & Mexico, w/ a former Biden admin official saying Harris has been “at best, ineffective”.
- Mayorkas disagreed with Biden’s 100 day halt on deportations.
- Homeland Security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall displayed inexperience, asked for a memo explaining the difference between refugees & asylum seekers.
- Biden admin has listened to “vocal immigration advocates outside the administration”.
- “The White House generally didn't want to talk publicly about immigration or the border for much of Biden's first three years, feeling it would draw attention to a political vulnerability.”
- “Publicly, the White House also initially downplayed jumps in illegal border crossings as normal "ebbs and flows" — even as some internally pushed to acknowledge that the problem was significant.”
The article highlights a combination of infighting, incompetence, and indifference regarding the administration’s handling of the border over the last 3 years.