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March 11, 2021

WH Reinstates Program to Reunite Central American Families But Insists "Border Is Not Open"
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The top White House adviser on U.S.-Mexico border policy, Roberta
Jacobson, said Wednesday the Biden administration is reinstating the
Central American Minors program, which allows some children from El
Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to reunite with a parent or parents
living in the U.S. But Jacobson declared repeatedly - in both English
and Spanish - that "the border is not open."

Roberta Jacobson: "I want to be clear: Neither in this - neither this
announcement nor any of the other measures suggest that anyone,
especially children and families with young children, should make the
dangerous trip to try and enter the U.S. in an irregular fashion. The
border is not open."



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