Former Interior Secretary and US Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar criticised the Biden administration’s handling of the southern border, saying it “woke up too late” to the crisis. He argued that insufficient priority for Mexico and the wider Americas, alongside weak planning and communication, allowed Donald Trump to make border security a major political advantage.

Salazar, who served under both Barack Obama and Joe Biden, said the White House lacked urgency in responding to migration pressures. The article presents his comments as an internal critique of Democratic border policy and its political consequences.