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More social workers, not more law enforcement, are what's most needed to alleviate the growing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to Ruben Villarreal, the former GOP mayor of border town Rio Grande City, Texas.
"You work double time.
You bring in waves of social workers because that's what you need.
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You don't need law enforcement badges. You need a lot of social workers to be out here on the front lines alongside border patrol to be able to process these children, because they're children and they need a lot of care," Villarreal said on the podcast Y'all-itics Monday.
A record number of unaccompanied migrant children have arrived at the country's southern border since the start of President Joe Biden's administration, which has promised a full redress of the country's immigration policies.
But the shift in tone has been met with an unprecedented influx of arrivals at the border, stressing resources and exacerbating an already-weak system, Villareal said.
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