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Homeland Security chief defends US handling of border surge

by Ben Fox
| March 16, 2021 8:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Faced with a rising number of migrants at the southwest border and criticism from all sides, the Biden administration's head of Homeland Security insisted Tuesday that the situation is under control as he defended a policy of allowing teens and children crossing by themselves to remain in the country.

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