White House press secretary Jen Psaki responded on February 25 to criticism from the congresswoman. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez against the administration of Joe Biden for the reopening of a center to house minor immigrants.
Although the press conference was focused on referring to the 50 million vaccines against Coronavirus Disease 2019">COVID-19 circulated during the Biden administration, a reporter asked about criticism of Ocasio-Cortez.
We had to open – reopen a new facility that had previously been closed due to COVID protocols, because (…) we cannot have children in beds next to each other; we need the appropriate space
Psaki explained.
The official also spoke about the services offered at the reopened care center in Carrizo Springs (Texas).
There are educational services there. There are health services and medical services. But our goal is to transfer them as quickly as possible to families who have been examined and, of course, reunite the children with their families
, assured the official.
In the press conference, it was also clarified which are the protocols that the administration of Joe Biden carries out in the processing of children and adolescents who cross the border alone.
So the steps we have taken are: Of course they are processed as quickly as possible, ideally with a maximum of three days, via CBP. They are then transferred to facilities supervised by United States Department of Health and Human Services">HHS
, Psaki expressed.
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