White House says efforts needed to fix "broken" U.S. immigration system
WASHINGTON, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The White House said Monday that the U.S. immigration system is "broken" and has been "long overdue to be fixed."
"There needs to be more done to invest in smarter security, to have a more effective asylum processing system," press secretary Jen Psaki said during a daily briefing. "We would welcome any efforts to -- for any elected officials to work with us on that."
The White House spokesperson was fielding questions about Title 42, an asylum-limiting policy introduced by the U.S. government after the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020.