Newsroom Navigation Central American migrants crossing the Suchiate River between the Guatemalan and Mexican border. Photo: Oliver de Ros Biden Administration Hesitant on Message for Migrants The administration is struggling to communicate a promising message to migrants while also urging them to not cross the U.S.-Mexico border. President Joe Biden’s coordinator for the southern border, Ambassador Roberta Jacobson, recognized the administration is struggling to communicate a promising message to migrants while also urging them to not cross the U.S.-Mexico border until the immigration system is set in stone. “I think, when you look at the issue of mixed messages, it is difficult at times to convey both hope in the future and the danger that is now. And that is what we’re trying to do,” Jacobson said as the number of migrants grew at the border this past week. Smugglers, on the other hand, are spreading the word that the border is ready for a huge flow of migrants. Conservative critics have blamed Biden for not being more forceful with his deterrence message. Politico