Vox Sentences - Biden’s border problem

President Biden is facing criticism for reopening shelters for migrant children; Netanyahu’s vaccine foreign policy is being questioned.

Tonight's Sentences was written by Gabby Birenbaum.

• President Joe Biden has reactivated a Trump-era emergency facility for the detention of unaccompanied migrant teenagers, drawing the ire of immigration advocates. [The Washington Post / Silvia Foster-Frau]
• The administration defended the reopening of the Carrizo Springs, Texas, facility as a necessity, given rising numbers of kids arriving at the border and fewer being expelled after Biden reversed some Trump-era policies. They described it as a temporary fix for a broken immigration system that will take time to remake. [Business Insider / Josh Haltiwanger]
• The administration said the facility was reopened because the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s beds are full due to pandemic restrictions preventing all from being used. Carrizo Springs can hold 700 minors. [Business Insider]
• Press secretary Jen Psaki pushed back against comparisons to Trump’s “kids in cages” policy, saying children are neither being separated from their parents nor expelled from the country. [The Daily Beast / Justin Baragona]
• But concerns about temporary shelters have been persistent over the years, with reports of abuse and lack of oversight predating Trump. Carrizo Springs has a better reputation than the infamous Homestead facility, but questions about reunification timelines and the treatment of children remain. [Vox / Nicole Narea]
• Immigration advocates and some Democrats in Congress have criticized the Biden administration, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She said the “carceral framework” of the immigration system is unacceptable, regardless of the party in power. [Axios / Jacob Knutson]
• The Biden administration is attempting to expedite the release of these teenagers into the custody of American relatives. But this has been complicated by flight cost, which the Department of Health and Human Services is now directing government officials to cover. [The Associated Press / Nomaan Merchant]
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