Xavier Becerra refuses to answer questions on migrant child crisis under his watch

California’s likely next governor, Democrat Xavier Becerra, refused to answer about his handling of migrant children as Health and Human Services secretary and other questions from reporters as he tried to slip away from a Sacramento press conference.Becerra was briefly at the capitol grounds Wednesday for a presser supporting state legislation on voting rights as an adviser to the UCLA Voting Rights Project.In the middle of the conference, Becerra and aides quickly left and tried to race to a parked car.The California Post was the first to chase after him and other reporters soon followed.A Becerra aide said he would not take any questions at the event, and the Democratic frontrunner ignored questions from The Post on whether he had any regrets about his time as HHS secretary under President Joe Biden, when he was heavily criticized by Republicans and Democrats alike for his handling of migrant children and Covid.

Becerra’s rival in the governor’s race, Republican Steve Hilton, has in recent weeks been hammering Becerra for his handling of a surge in migrant children during Biden’s presidency.Hilton has brought forth whistleblowers who have alleged the Democrat rushed to get children to sponsors without careful vetting — leaving minors exposed to trafficking and other dangers.Becerra’s inability to track tens of thousands of migrant children while leading HHS was also a major issue during the primary that fellow Dems pounced on.“Becerra has time for staged press conferences, but he has yet to accept the growing pile of debate requests or answer for the children failed under his watch,” Hilton said in a statement.

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