Happening Now! Briefing with @PressSec and Roberta Jacobson, special assistant to the president on the southern border.
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Roberta Jacobson: "We've already begun specific actions to both undue the previous administration's policies and to advance a new vision for immigration."
Roberta Jacobson: "Today we are announcing the restarting of the Central American Minors program."
Roberta Jacobson: "We need to be looking at things like the CAM program and how we can expand that... but the next step is to look at solutions in the region."
Roberta Jacobson: "It is important to understand that we will be working with civil society, with international organizations and NGOs on the ground."
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