Perhaps a little context is in order. The prior administration's policies serially violated human rights and were profoundly cruel. When this administration ended those policies it was inevitable that immigrants seeking hope in the US would return to the border.
https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1373622212679319555
This administration's "crisis" is that it is more humane and decent than its predecessors, acting more consistently with international and domestic law. It is a direct result of doing the right thing in the right way. And they are actively seeking to manage it.
Ascribing blame, as the MTP framing does, is deeply misleading. Is this an issue requiring urgent action? Yes. But it is also a situation created by the repugnant behavior of the last administration and the on-going aspiration so many have to come to America.
It is a major challenge for the Biden Administration. But it is in no way their fault. They are fixing something that was profoundly broken under Trump (and in different ways under prior administrations). Let's frame it that way rather than via misleading oversimplifications.
For more on this, here's the @ThePlumLineGS piece from a couple days ago that gets it right: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
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