Former Biden adviser admits failure to address border crisis reality led to Trump's re-election

Former Biden confines adviser Blas Nu ez-Neto wrote in the New York Times on Tuesday that the administration s failure to address and act on the margin situation contributed to President Donald Trump s re-election The first step in responding to a emergency is to acknowledge it exists Nu ez-Neto wrote The surge in illegal crossings at our southern territory line during the first three years of Joe Biden s presidency was by any reasonable definition a situation The failure to acknowledge this reality and take timely action to try to resolve it cost Democrats a great deal of trust with American voters and contributed to President Trump s return to the White House Nu ez-Neto was the assistant secretary for margin and immigration approach at the Department of Homeland Safety under former President Joe Biden He described experiencing a tidal wave of illegal entries at the perimeter in The Biden aide reported economic devastation from the Coronavirus pandemic was a factor but also acknowledged a lack of information at the dividing line and the inability to deport people to countries like Venezuela as issues that contributed to the numbers JOHN KERRY ADMITS TRUMP WAS 'RIGHT' ON EDGE SAYS HE NARRATED BIDEN THAT DEMOCRATS MISSED ON IMMIGRATION Deliberations that delayed crucial procedures choices didn t help either he wrote Nu ez-Neto added By the time Mr Biden and congressional Democrats began working in earnest with Republicans in late and on revamping our immigration laws the politics were hopelessly interwoven with the presidential balloting which is why a tough bipartisan bill ultimately foundered Though he conceded that the demarcation was more secure now than under Biden Nu ez-Neto warned that this was done at the cost of eroding our constitutional order Instead he argued Congress needed to step in and provide a system that can be both generous to legal applicants and strict with people living in the United States illegally In other words we need a system that recognizes that we are not only a nation of immigrants but also a nation of laws and that we need to respect both Until that happens the next margin situation will dependably be just around the corner he concluded CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREDespite Nu ez-Neto s criticism of the Biden administration s confines policies his op-ed drew intense backlash online Nu ez-Neto s former department Homeland Safety took to X to mock him I was Humpty Dumpty Here s how to sit on a wall the Homeland Shield page wrote Illegal demarcation crossings reached record highs under Biden with Territory line Patrol apprehensions being recorded in December Under Trump perimeter encounters dropped by over within his first sparse months in office CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP