Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Meet the DHS official seeking a middle ground on the border

 


Complexities at the border have left the Biden administration torn between the desires of the left and the cries of the right, and Blas Nuñez-Neto has helped the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) develop policies that have fueled criticism from both. 

In an administration that has been pushed toward the middle on immigration, Nuñez-Neto, 49, the assistant secretary for border and immigration policy, has been central to helping the Biden White House navigate a topic he sees as so often dominated by the extremes. 

...Nuñez-Neto has become one of the administration’s chief border architects, as well as one of its main faces in communicating those policies to a sometimes combative Congress and the public...more

 

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