White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, in what could be one of the most bold-faced falsehoods uttered in the history of her role, told the press during a Monday briefing that illegal immigration has "come down by more than 90%" since the implementation of President Joe Biden's policies.
Fox News reports, that during the fateful conference, Jean-Pierre was questioned by a reporter on how Biden intended to deal with illegal immigration as a large 'caravan' of illegal immigrants once again makes its way across the Mexican countryside from South and Central America.
The press secretary unabashedly claimed that Biden has already made successful efforts to fix the "broken" immigration system.
"So, as you know, on his first day in this administration, the President put forth a comprehensive immigration legislation. And that’s to show how seriously he took this, how important he und- — how he understood that the system had been broken. It needs to be modernized, been — be — be moved to the 21st century. And so, this is something that the President has talked about.
He has asked Congress to take action — Republicans in Congress to take action and to take — and to work on this in a con- — in a bipartisan way. He’s going to continue to do that.
In the meantime, he’s put forth some — he has tools that he’s used to — to make sure that we do this — we actually deal with the immigration system in a humane way, and in a — in a way that is that — that actually deals with what we’re seeing at the border.
And that’s why you’ve seen the parolee program be so successful. It has — it has — it has — when it comes to illegal migration, you’ve seen it come down by more than 90 percent, and that’s because of this act- — the actions that this President has taken.
But we know that more action needs to be taken. So it has to be legislative action. We’re going to continue to call Congress to do that. And so, this is important to this President. On day one — on day one, he put forth in — a legislation to move forward on this."
Fox News reports, that during the fateful conference, Jean-Pierre was questioned by a reporter on how Biden intended to deal with illegal immigration as a large 'caravan' of illegal immigrants once again makes its way across the Mexican countryside from South and Central America.
The press secretary unabashedly claimed that Biden has already made successful efforts to fix the "broken" immigration system.
According to the White House transcripts, Jean-Pierre's answer in full reads:Karine Jean-Pierre: "When it comes to illegal migration, you have seen it come down by more than 90%, and that’s because of the actions that this president has taken." pic.twitter.com/SQLYz1Jawc
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"So, as you know, on his first day in this administration, the President put forth a comprehensive immigration legislation. And that’s to show how seriously he took this, how important he und- — how he understood that the system had been broken. It needs to be modernized, been — be — be moved to the 21st century. And so, this is something that the President has talked about.
He has asked Congress to take action — Republicans in Congress to take action and to take — and to work on this in a con- — in a bipartisan way. He’s going to continue to do that.
In the meantime, he’s put forth some — he has tools that he’s used to — to make sure that we do this — we actually deal with the immigration system in a humane way, and in a — in a way that is that — that actually deals with what we’re seeing at the border.
And that’s why you’ve seen the parolee program be so successful. It has — it has — it has — when it comes to illegal migration, you’ve seen it come down by more than 90 percent, and that’s because of this act- — the actions that this President has taken.
But we know that more action needs to be taken. So it has to be legislative action. We’re going to continue to call Congress to do that. And so, this is important to this President. On day one — on day one, he put forth in — a legislation to move forward on this."
In a dizzyingly biased follow-up layup question the reporter asked, "And do you believe the Republicans are to blame for this?"
Jean-Pierre seized on the opportunity and immediately blamed the GOP and regurgitated a series of leftist, open-border talking points.
"Well, the — as we’ve seen, Republicans have continued to use this as a political stunt, a political tool, and not actually come to the table to have a conversation on how to protect DREAMers and farmworkers. You know, more immigration judges and asylum office — officers are needed. More funding for border security are needed.
This is something that we have put forward in that legislation and so much more. And they don’t want to do that. They want to do political stunts, as we’ve seen from governors and mayors across the country."
The response from Republican and conservative media figures was immediate and devastating.
HotAir contributing editor Karen Townsend commented, "How does she still have this job?" according to Fox and former senior advisor to 45th President Donald Trump Stephen Miller wrote, "We are suffering through the largest tidal wave of illegal immigration in human history and it’s not even close."
According to the outlet, at the end of fiscal year 2022, the government reported 2,378,944 migrant encounters, the highest number ever recorded.
RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel tweeted, "This is a blatant lie from the Biden administration. This is the worst border crisis on record. They created the crisis, and now they are denying it exists."
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Jean-Pierre seized on the opportunity and immediately blamed the GOP and regurgitated a series of leftist, open-border talking points.
"Well, the — as we’ve seen, Republicans have continued to use this as a political stunt, a political tool, and not actually come to the table to have a conversation on how to protect DREAMers and farmworkers. You know, more immigration judges and asylum office — officers are needed. More funding for border security are needed.
This is something that we have put forward in that legislation and so much more. And they don’t want to do that. They want to do political stunts, as we’ve seen from governors and mayors across the country."
The response from Republican and conservative media figures was immediate and devastating.
HotAir contributing editor Karen Townsend commented, "How does she still have this job?" according to Fox and former senior advisor to 45th President Donald Trump Stephen Miller wrote, "We are suffering through the largest tidal wave of illegal immigration in human history and it’s not even close."
According to the outlet, at the end of fiscal year 2022, the government reported 2,378,944 migrant encounters, the highest number ever recorded.
RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel tweeted, "This is a blatant lie from the Biden administration. This is the worst border crisis on record. They created the crisis, and now they are denying it exists."
You can follow Matt Holloway on Facebook, Twitter, TruthSocial, Gettr, Gab & Parler.
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