
Top Biden aide Anita Dunn says immigration laws "need to be updated" with Title 42 ending
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Anita Dunn, one of President Biden's highest-ranking White House aides, said on Thursday that congressional critics of the administration's strategy to deal with the high levels of unauthorized arrivals along the U.S.-Mexico border should focus on reforming the outdated U.S. immigration system.
In an interview with CBS News political correspondent Cailtin Huey-Burns on "America Decides," Dunn called on lawmakers to "update our immigration laws to reflect the realities of 2023," noting that the last time Congress passed major immigration legislation was decades ago, in the 1990s.
"It's interesting to listen to members of Congress criticize this administration given the fact that it has been 37 years since Congress last passed immigration laws in this country. And they all know that," said Dunn, who serves as Mr. Biden's senior adviser. "The basic problem here is those laws need to be updated."

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