House Republicans are accusing the Biden administration of a “blatant double standard” in its treatment of members of Congress and members of the media following a recent trip to the southern border.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and Homeland Security Chairman Mark Greene (R-Tenn.) spoke Thursday about the ongoing immigration crisis. wrote a scathing letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
The letter described how people were prevented from taking photos and videos of border facilities visited by a delegation led by Prime Minister Johnson in Eagle Pass, Texas, last week. Except that the same facility was featured in a report that aired on Sunday's episode of CBS's “Face the Nation.”
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U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson speaks with Republican lawmakers on Wednesday, January 3, 2024 in Eagle Pass, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
“Despite CBP refusing to photograph members of Congress, House Republicans learned that CBP later granted CBS's Face the Nation access to the same Eagle Pass facility. Face the Nation Photography and video recording were also allowed on the premises.''This is a clear double standard designed to hide the truth of the crisis you have caused at our southern border,'' Republicans told Mayorkas. Told.
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A segment on “Face the Nation” showed host Margaret Brennan tour the Eagle Pass facility and educate viewers about the food and care provided to undocumented immigrants being processed.
A source close to Republican leadership told Fox News Digital that the Border Patrol agents escorting Brennan in the report are the same ones who led Republican lawmakers during the trip.
CBS News Anchor Margaret Brennan was able to tour the border facility with cameras rolling. (Screenshot/CBS News)
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pennsylvania), one of the members of Congress who toured border facilities last week, slammed the move.
“We need to show the American people what's going on at the border, and government agencies shouldn't get in the way of that. What are they hiding?” Perry told Fox News Digital Told. “The left-wing media has been given the mandate: 'God bless you, take all the pictures you want!' [tour] Facility capacity is only a fraction of what it was a few days ago. Once Congress arrives, it will drop to a “manageable level.” Parliament cannot show it to voters, but the media has been given permission to enter and take photos to show viewers that there is “nothing to see here.” There is no limit to the enormity of this disaster. ”
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Raj Shah, Johnson's deputy communications director, similarly told Fox News Digital: “They provided access to the media, but they refused to deny members of Congress who engage in oversight. That's a problem.”
Neither DHS nor CBP immediately responded to Fox News Digital's requests for comment.
Republican lawmakers criticized the Biden administration for blocking filming inside the Eagle Pass, Texas, border facility while allowing CBS News to film inside. (Screenshot/CBS News)
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House Republicans continue to hobble President Biden, firing shots at his handling of the border, which has seen record numbers of border crossings under his watch.
Impeachment hearings are underway for Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas, who has repeatedly downplayed the dire situation at the border and refused to call it a crisis.
