White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Friday that if the yet-to-be-filed Corker-Hoeven border security deal was to succeed, it “would constitute a breakthrough.”
When a reporter asked during Carney’s daily press briefing why more agents at the borders would be necessary if, as the administration had previously boasted, border security and deportations were at their highest level ever, Carney replied that more work could be done.
“The president included as one of his essential priorities that had to be part of comprehensive immigration reform for him to sign it would be measures that further enhance our border security,” he added. “More work needs to be done.”
