THE migration crisis at the southern border marks a disturbing dereliction of Joe Biden’s presidential responsibilities, a rival Democratic candidate has told The U.S. Sun.

Jason Palmer, the youngest Democrat in the race at age 52, said the border needs to be modernized and revealed he would implement a more humane version of Remain in Mexico.

“The southern border is a national disaster,” Palmer said.

“Our communities are strained and the situation is neither humane nor secure.

“It shows a disturbing dereliction of presidential duty.”

Migrant encounters at the US-Mexico border reached almost 250,000 in December, per government data.

The figure was the highest monthly number on record.

Republicans have blamed Biden for the border crisis, and immigration will be among the top issues when voters go to the polls in November.

Despite the criticism, Biden is the clear frontrunner for the Democratic nomination.

But longshot candidate Palmer has revealed how he would tackle the crisis if he was elected commander in chief.

“We need to modernize our southern border and surge not just for border control agents,” he said.

He has called for hundreds more asylum judges to be added.

Palmer called on officials to process cases at a much faster pace.

US Citizenship and Immigration Services say a decision on asylum applications should be made within 180 days.

“It makes no sense to catch and release people who come across the border claiming asylum. All cases need to be processed within one week,” he said.

But, modernizing the border wouldn’t be an easy task, according to the entrepreneur.

“It requires implementing a variety of ideas to dramatically improve asylum processing such as safe mobility offices for migrants in third countries,” he said.

Palmer also urged government officials to collaborate with other nations and use their voices on the international stage to establish the root causes of migration.

We need to modernize our southern border

Jason Palmer

When Biden entered office in 2021, his policies toward immigration marked a sharp contrast to Donald Trump’s.

Biden banned further construction of Trump’s signature border wall.

He scrapped Trump’s national emergency on the border.

Biden tried to cancel Trump’s Remain in Mexico policy, but those attempts were mired in legal process.

The Supreme Court ruled in June 2022 that the Biden Administration had the right to end the Trump policy.

Remain in Mexico was introduced under Trump and mandated citizens seeking asylum to stay in Mexico until their case was processed.

Supporters believed it was a form of exerting control over the immigration process and tackled the backlog of cases.

However, critics claimed there was a lack of safeguards for those filing asylum cases.

It’s not just asylum seekers from Mexico and other Latin American countries streaming across the US border.

There has also been an influx of Chinese migrants.

Border Patrol agents had almost 6,000 encounters with Chinese nationals in December 2023.

It marked a sharp rise from approximately 900 the year before.

Around 450 Chinese nationals were apprehended by border cops at the San Diego sector between February 17 and February 19, per data seen by Fox News.

Many Chinese nationals seeking to move to the US fly to Turkey before jetting to Ecuador, and then head toward the border.

Migration has been fueled by a desire to escape President Xi’s authoritarian regime.

Immigration attorneys warned processing times for visas in American embassies in China are long.

Tammy Lin, from the University of San Diego, warned it’s harder for Chinese nationals to get tourist visas, per NewsNation.

The number of visas handed out has decreased dramatically.

Biden has been bashed by Republicans who attack his administration’s handling of migration.

GOP critics have tried to link asylum to the fentanyl crisis.

The commander-in-chief is reportedly considering using executive action to restrict asylum claims, per Axios.

House Republicans impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, blasting the Biden Administration’s approach toward asylum and migration.

Top Senate Democrats said the impeachment was a new low for the House GOP, but former Speaker contender Steve Scalise said it sends a message about border security.

Reports suggest that Trump would pursue an even tougher immigration policy if elected in November, per The Washington Post.

The U.S. Sun has approached the Biden campaign for comment.