Biden quietly admits the border has been in chaos 'for a number of years' ahead of Title 42 expiration

President Biden has publicly blamed Republicans for refusing to act to secure the US-Mexico border

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President Biden may have quietly admitted Wednesday evening what he and the White House has refused to say publicly about the worsening situation at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Biden said Tuesday the border situation will be "chaotic for a while" as his administration works to restore order — but speaking with reporters the next day on the tarmac at the Westchester County Airport, Biden admitted there has been "chaos at the border for a number of years."

"Well, we've had chaos at the border for a number of years," the president said before boarding Air Force One in White Plains, New York. "We have to fully fund the border security effort."

He added: "Look, the purpose of what we're doing now is making legal immigration more streamlined, illegal immigration shorter term and moved -- and moving in a direction that people know that there's a legal way to get here and not legal way. That is what’s underway now." Read more and see video here.