President Joe Biden said during a feisty State of the Union address on Thursday that he was “ready to fix” the southern border, and he blamed Donald Trump for pressuring congressional Republicans to derail a bipartisan border-security bill that he said would have allowed him to do so. Despite the border chaos on his watch, […]
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Biden says Congress is to blame for Border chaos
President Joe Biden took his second-ever trip to the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday, visiting one of the slowest sectors of the state, blaming Congress for failing to pass border initiatives while also touching on climate change. Biden made his trip Thursday, the same day former President Donald Trump visited Eagle Pass, Texas, and met with […]
Migrants leaving dying pet dogs at border
U.S. Army veteran John Rourke sounded the alarm over the horrors he’s witnessed while cleaning up border towns the past three years, saying the crisis has spiraled under President Biden’s watch and turned some parts of Texas into a “third world” area. The CEO of Florida-based Blue Line Moving started his cleanups in 2021 after […]
White House plans to reduce deportations
Senior Republicans reacted with fury after White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would “be forced to reduce its [migrant] removal operations” after Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan immigration and foreign aid agreement backed by the Biden administration. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Jean-Pierre said: “Because congressional […]
House rejects Secretary Mayorkas impeachment
The House rejected a GOP push Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a significant blow to the Republicans trying to make immigration and the border a top issue heading into the 2024 elections. The vote failed by a count of 214-216 to not impeach Mayorkas, with no Democrats supporting the move and a […]
Border Bill released & facing wall of opposition
Senators on Sunday released a highly anticipated $118 billion package that pairs border enforcement policy with wartime aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, but it quickly ran into a wall of opposition from top House Republicans, including Speaker Mike Johnson. The proposal could be the best chance for President Joe Biden to resupply […]
Biden’s staff stop him from taking border action
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speculated Friday that President Biden’s staff is keeping him from taking executive action to stem the flow of migrants on the southern border. “He knows that he has the authority. We’ve documented it for him. I’ve read to him the law myself — to the president. Read him the provisions of […]
Articles of impeachment against Mayorkas released
House Republicans on Sunday released two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas — accusing him of “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” and “breach of public trust.” “These articles lay out a clear, compelling, and irrefutable case for Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ impeachment,” House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., […]
Biden vows to shut down border if bill passes
President Joe Biden said on Friday that the border deal being negotiated in the U.S. Senate was the “toughest and fairest” set of reforms possible and vowed to “shut down the border” the day he signs the bill. The bipartisan talks have hit a critical point amid mounting Republican opposition. Some Republicans have set a […]
Economy & Border fuel Trump’s momentum
Miranda Blair didn’t vote for Donald Trump in 2016 because he scared her. This week, she was wearing a bright red “Make America Great Again” hat as she waited in sub-freezing temperatures to hear him speak in Manchester, New Hampshire, as he rallied Republican voters to choose him as their nominee.A lot happened in between […]
Biden: ‘Not my fault’, border insecure for 10 yrs
President Joe Biden said that the southern border hasn’t been secure for the “last 10 years,” a response he gave before addressing a bipartisan group of mayors at the White House on Friday. When asked by Fox News White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich if the U.S.-Mexico border is secure, Biden said, “No, it’s not.” “I […]
Texas Nat. Guard defies Feds demands to vacate
The attorney general of Texas on Wednesday defied federal officials who demanded state authorities abandon a public park along the U.S.-Mexico border that state National Guard soldiers seized last week, setting up a legal showdown with the Biden administration over the country’s immigration policies. Over the weekend, the Department of Homeland Security called on Texas […]