President Joe Biden is fond of blaming former President Donald Trump for exacerbating issues at the U.S.-Mexico border, but his most recent problems are of his, and his team’s, own making.

Biden was skewered by liberal Democrats last week for seeming to walk back a campaign promise to admit more refugees. Hours later, he appeared to bow to pressure from the political Left — a top spokeswoman on Monday denied Biden caved, saying critics merely misunderstood the White House’s plans. On Saturday, Biden undermined some of his top officials by calling the immigration situation at the southern border a “crisis,” a word his administration has aggressively avoided.