Biden taps ex-prosecutor for border czar job
“Czar” is an informal title for certain high-level U.S. officials, and Republicans have seized on the term to criticize the Biden administration’s immigration policies.
The former prosecutor is by no means from the border, which Republicans have pointed out as a flaw in her qualifications.
For months, Republicans and conservative commentators have been calling her the “border czar.” Although the former prosecutor is by no means from the border, which Republicans have pointed out as a flaw in her qualifications, she is now the Biden administration’s point person on immigration.
The former ambassador to Mexico whom President Biden chose as his border “czar” is not actually in charge of the border, immigration experts say. Republicans have seized on the term to criticize the Biden administration’s immigration policies, and Democrats are now tangling over the re-election prospects of President Biden.
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