Former Biden adviser admits failure to address border crisis reality led to Trump's re-election

Former Biden demarcation adviser Blas Nu ez-Neto wrote in the New York Times on Tuesday that the administration s failure to address and act on the edge problem contributed to President Donald Trump s re-election The first step in responding to a problem is to acknowledge it exists Nu ez-Neto wrote The surge in illegal crossings at our southern territory line during the first three years of Joe Biden s presidency was by any reasonable definition a dilemma The failure to acknowledge this reality and take timely action to try to resolve it cost Democrats a great deal of trust with American voters and contributed to President Trump s return to the White House Nu ez-Neto was the assistant secretary for dividing line and immigration guidelines at the Department of Homeland Assurance under former President Joe Biden He described experiencing a tidal wave of illegal entries at the demarcation in The Biden aide stated economic devastation from the Coronavirus pandemic was a factor but also acknowledged a lack of tools at the margin and the inability to deport people to countries like Venezuela as issues that contributed to the numbers JOHN KERRY ADMITS TRUMP WAS 'RIGHT' ON TERRITORY LINE SAYS HE RECOUNTED BIDEN THAT DEMOCRATS MISSED ON IMMIGRATION Deliberations that delayed central guidelines choices didn t help either he wrote Nu ez-Neto added By the time Mr Biden and congressional Democrats began working in earnest with Republicans in late and on revamping our immigration laws the politics were hopelessly interwoven with the presidential electoral process which is why a tough bipartisan bill ultimately foundered Though he conceded that the perimeter was more secure now than under Biden Nu ez-Neto warned that this was done at the cost of eroding our constitutional order Instead he argued Congress needed to step in and provide a system that can be both generous to legal applicants and strict with people living in the United States illegally In other words we need a system that recognizes that we are not only a nation of immigrants but also a nation of laws and that we need to respect both Until that happens the next boundary emergency will dependably be just around the corner he concluded CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREDespite Nu ez-Neto s criticism of the Biden administration s dividing line policies his op-ed drew intense backlash online Nu ez-Neto s former department Homeland Protection took to X to mock him I was Humpty Dumpty Here s how to sit on a wall the Homeland Measure page wrote Illegal dividing line crossings reached record highs under Biden with Margin Patrol apprehensions being recorded in December Under Trump margin encounters dropped by over within his first sparse months in office CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP