Tag: Roberta Jacobson

Biden’s ‘Border Czar’ Is Resigning: White House

President Joe Biden’s border coordinator will leave the administration at the end of April after a surge of illegal immigrants along the U.S.-Mexico border. The White House confirmed that Special Assistant to the President and Coordinator Roberta Jacobson, a former U.S. ambassador to Mexico, will step down. “Biden knew there was no person better to usher…


Border Official: Biden’s Immigration Policy ‘May Have Driven’ Migrant Surge, Encouraged Smugglers

The Biden administration’s southwestern border coordinator, Roberta Jacobson, told reporters during a White House briefing Wednesday that the administration’s “more humane” immigration policies may be driving the migrant surge at the southern border and encouraging smugglers. “Surges tend to respond to hope, and there was a significant hope for a more humane policy after four…