‘Why Are You Filibustering?’: Mayorkas Stumbles Over Answer When Asked What Power He Lacks To Enforce Border
Republican Rep. Michael Cloud of Texas left Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas stumbling during a Wednesday hearing by rhetorically asking him what powers Congress had stripped him of to enforce the border. Mayorkas testified during a hearing of the House Appropriations Committee’s Homeland Security Subcommittee titled “Budget Hearing – Fiscal Year 2025 Request for […]
Mass release of children from border has put ‘unprecedented’ strain on US schools
Tens of thousands of immigrant children who crossed the southern border alone and were released to an adult sponsor in the United States have been enrolled in public schools nationwide under President Joe Biden, putting educators in a bind. Over the past three years, more than 8 million people have been encountered at the southern border, including nearly 500,000 […]
Biden Says He’s Examining Whether He Has ‘Power’ To Close Border
President Joe Biden said Tuesday in an interview with Univision that he is examining whether he has the “power” to close the U.S.-Mexico border. Biden pre-taped an interview with Univision that aired on Tuesday night and covered topics such as the southern border, former President Donald Trump and forgiving student loan debt. On the topic of […]
‘Preposterous’: Mayorkas Implodes After John Kennedy Confronts Him With Border Data
Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy on Wednesday pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on what he said were facts about illegal immigration’s electoral impact. The Census Bureau includes illegal immigrants in its count, and congressional seats are based on the data from the census, according to the bureau’s website. Kennedy asked Mayorkas questions […]
Biden ‘Needs to Move’ to Get My Support, He Needs to Act to Fix Border That’s ‘His Fault’
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Katie Toole Report,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) was asked if he was waiting for President Joe Biden to move to the center to gain support. In response, Biden said he needed to move to the center. The Center and the people want him to admit, “We made a mistake […]
Biden Can Act Unilaterally on Border, He Should Do What Obama Did
On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” broadcast Friday, Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said President Joe Biden could unilaterally close the border, something President Obama did with Title VIII. He said the same thing should be done. After noting that Biden had said he was determining whether he had the legal authority to close the border through presidential […]
Migrants thank Biden for letting them in as US Border Patrol’s San Diego processing centers reach eye-popping 245% capacity
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — U.S. Border Patrol has more than twice as many migrants as it can hold in the San Diego area of the southern border, and migrants there thanked President Biden for allowing them into the country. Government processing centers in the region were at 245% capacity, with 1,812 migrants being held as […]
Afghan Migrant On Terror Watchlist Roamed Free In U.S. For A Year After Being Released By Border Patrol
(Photo by ISAAC GUZMAN/AFP via Getty Images) James Myers of OAN2:42 PM – Friday, April 12, 2024 An Afghan national on the U.S. terrorist watch list was taken into custody again on Friday after being captured at the U.S.-Mexico border and released twice into U.S. territory, the Department of Homeland Security said. advertisement Mohamed Karwin […]
24 Migrants Found Locked in Trailer at Texas Border Checkpoint
Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol agents earlier this week rescued a group of nearly two dozen migrants trapped inside a tractor-trailer. The discovery came as a truck driver allegedly tried to smuggle migrants through the Falfurrias Border Patrol crossing in Brooks County, Texas. Rio Grande Valley District Chief Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez posted a report […]
Biden Should Take ‘Unilateral Action’ on ‘This Open Border’ That He Ignored for a While
On CNN’s “Outfront” broadcast Thursday, Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) said he wants President Joe Biden to “take some unilateral action” regarding “this open border.” “The president has started to do a lot more work on this border,” he said. He talked about it at the beginning of his administration. ” host Erin Burnett asked. New […]