>>> this sunday, the migrant crisis. >> don't come over and don't leave your town or city or community. >> the u.s. seeing the biggest border surge in two decades. >> i think it's a policy change, honestly. >> republicans blame the biden administration. >> mr. secretary, don't tell me this isn't a crisis. >> and the administration pushes back. >> a crisis is when a nation is willing to rip a 9-year-old child out of the hands of his or her parent and separate that family to deter future migrants. >> this morning i'll talk to

republican senator roy blunt of missouri. joining me are eddie glaude jr. of princeton university, "wall street journal" columnist joon, jon ralston and nbc news correspondent julia ainsley. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. it's fair to call the deteriorating situation at the u.s./mexican border a crisis, even if the biden administration refuses to use that word, but it's more than that. it's a political crisis for the new president with no easy way out. republicans are quick to blame mr. biden for the growing number of migrants crossing the border saying it's his rhetoric and policy shifts that caused the surge in migrants. the democratic administration says it was left with an unworkable immigration system