Texas border representative: Obama administration a ‘step behind’ on immigration crisis

Published July 6, 2014 2:20pm ET



President Obama received criticism Sunday from a member of his own party on his management of the recent immigration crisis in Texas.

Rep. Henry Cuellar, who represents a district along the stretch of the Texas border where the majority of the immigrants from Central America have crossed into the U.S. in recent weeks, said that the Obama administration has been “a step behind” in responding to the crisis.

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