Thursday 22 September 2022 12:44 AM State spokesman Ned Price grilled on why migration has become so rampant under ... trends now

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The State Department suggests that the administration has been working to get to the 'root causes' of migration as the border crisis has more than quintupled under President Joe Biden's leadership.

While Biden's administration focuses on what causes migrants to leave their home countries and come to the U.S., it has failed to implement policies aimed at stopping the flow of illegal immigration over the southern border.

State Department spokesperson Ned Price, however, told Fox News on Wednesday that results cannot be achieved in short timelines – despite the nearly two-years of Biden's presidency.

'We have never been under any illusions, nor should anyone, that we can fully address the root causes overnight or over the course of a week or month,' Price said.

He added: 'But this is something that we are working on, we're working on it as diligently as we can.'

The claim comes after new figures were released this week showing that a new record was reached in August and more than 2 million migrants have illegally entered the country so far in Fiscal Year 2022.