President Obama Also Faced A 'Crisis' At The Southern Border
The situations at the border and in the White House five years ago and now are strikingly similar. Immigration experts say the Trump administration can learn from Obama's tenure.
In a nationally televised address from the White House, the president warned about an "actual humanitarian crisis on the border" prompted by a surge of migrants from Central America, and urged Congress to take action on his immigration agenda.
The year was 2014, and the president was Barack Obama.
Tuesday night, President Trump addressed the nation on what he also called a "growing humanitarian and security crisis" at the border. Nearly five years ago, Obama gave his remarks in the Rose Garden, rather than the Oval Office, and the government was not partially shut down over
