A stunned Karl Rove called out President Biden’s “shocking” week of border crisis failure after US and Mexican cabinet officials reportedly “had run out of time” to discuss the issue at Monday’s North American Leaders’ Summit to discuss the wave of migrants.
“I’m stunned,” the Fox News staffer told America’s Newsroom on Thursday, calling the report the third strike for the president after describing a “clean” El Paso and the government’s “non-response,” according to reports to deal with, had visited broken US immigration system.
“For heaven’s sake, this shows that his visit to El Paso was for PR purposes only and that he has no understanding of what is going on on our southern border and the misery that is inflicting on our communities and the illegal migrants who cross the border coming concerns,” Rowe said.
“You don’t understand. They do not care. They live in La La country.”
BIDEN TORN FOR FAILING TO MEET WITH MIGRANTS DURING BORDER VISIT: ‘HE DID NOT COME TO SEE THIS’
President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrive for a news conference at the 10th North American Leaders’ Summit at the National Palace in Mexico City Tuesday, January 10, 2023. (AP Photo/ Andreas Harnik)
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador instead challenged Biden over his “forgetfulness” to help Central American countries during the summit and urged the president on his “duty” of the region.
“[Biden] don’t come into this meeting and say, ‘Guys, I know we need to talk about energy and economics, about working together, but I need to start with a big issue that affects us all: our southern border and your southern border, Mr. President of Mexico.’ And he doesn’t even bring it up?” Rove asked.
The summit came after critics slammed the president for seeing a “sanitized” version of the migrant crisis in Texas during his brief visit last week, during which he did not meet with a single migrant.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with a member of the U.S. Border Patrol Service as they walk along the U.S.-Mexico border fence in El Paso, Texas January 8, 2023. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
“He’s finally going to the limit, El Paso. But they clean up so the traveling press crew doesn’t see what the people of El Paso go through every day and what the illegal migrants endure living in tent cities on the city streets,” Rove noted.
Last week, Biden announced an expansion of a humanitarian parole program for Venezuelan nationals to include Haitians, Cubans and Nicaraguans. This program allows 30,000 people each month from all four countries to be released to the United States for a two-year period, as long as they have a financial sponsor and meet other conditions. Those attempting to enter illegally will be barred from participating in the program.
“I’m still trying to figure out what the hell they recommended,” Rove replied. “We will allow certain individuals from certain countries to be processed faster and allow them to remain in the United States. Where’s the thing that says we’re going to secure the border?”
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Since taking office, Biden has managed more than 5.5 million illegal border crossings and more than 1.2 million known escape routes.
“It is shocking that the President of the United States does not understand the impact this is having on the border and the states along the Mexican border,” Rove concluded.
Fox News’ Adam Shaw and Brandon Gillespie contributed to this report.
Elizabeth Heckman is a digital production assistant at Fox News.