White House Chief of Staff: Surge in Illegal Immigration Not Biden’s Fault

President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on April 28, 2021. Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said Sunday that President Joe Biden is not responsible for a surge in unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

“People who are sending their children here unaccompanied, children as young as 6, 7 years old, coming here with no adult who are sent on a dangerous journey—I don’t think that is because of a speech Joe Biden gave,” Klain told “Face the Nation” in an interview. “I think it is because of horrible conditions in El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras.”