White House aide downplays migrant surge as normal springtime rise

A top White House aide on Sunday insisted the rising numbers of migrants, particularly unaccompanied children, crossing the border is just the normal springtime surge. Challenged to respond to the growing numbers of children arriving on their own — with 18,000 now in federal custody — Kate Bedingfield, the White House communications director, said the...
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