Tag: border

Pelosi: Biden Administration Getting Border Situation Under Control

President Joe Biden’s administration is getting a handle on the border crisis, a top Democrat said Friday. “I think that the administration is pulling this thing under control. And I think it’s important to know that,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters during a briefing in Washington. “The difference between the attitude toward the…


Psaki Accidentally Calls Border Situation a ‘Crisis,’ Then Backtracks

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday used the phrase “crisis on the border” to describe the spike in illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border, before walking back on her comments moments later. The Biden administration has avoided using the term “crisis” to describe the situation at the southern border. “There have been exceptions…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (March 18)

The House votes on whether or not to pass the Dream Act for the second time, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki accidentally refers to the situation at the border as a crisis, and the House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing to discuss the rising violence against Asian Americans.


Number of Illegal Border Crossings Will Grow ‘a Hundredfold,’ Texas Governor Warns

The number of immigrants illegally crossing America’s southern border will grow a hundredfold in the future, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asserted late Wednesday. “This is just the very beginning of what’s going to be a massive expansion of the number of people coming across the border. It will grow tenfold and a hundredfold, especially because…


Rep. Steve Scalise Urges Republicans to Vote Against Dream Act

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) is urging Republican members of Congress to vote against the Dream Act, which he warned would worsen the humanitarian crisis at the U.S. Southern border by attracting more illegal arrivals. Introduced by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Il.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in February, the Dream Act aims to create a…


Psaki Stonewalls Queries on Press Access to Border Facilities

The Biden administration has repeatedly championed its commitment to transparency, but won’t let reporters into facilities holding child immigrants near the U.S. border. A growing surge of illegal border crossings, including a jump in unaccompanied minors, has led to intense scrutiny of the administration’s immigration policies. At the same time, reporters have clamored for access…


Up to 50 Percent of Illegal Immigrants Estimated to Have COVID-19: National Sheriff’s Association

As concerns over the surge of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border grows, the National Sheriffs Association is calling on the Biden administration to secure the border and protect Americans. Among the dangers that come along with the thousands of illegal border crossings that occur every month, which include human trafficking, drug smuggling, potential terrorism,…


Congressman Proposes Sending Troops Stationed at the Capitol to the Southern Border

National Guardsmen stationed at the Capitol building should instead be sent to address the “humanitarian crisis” at the southern border, a Republican congressman said Tuesday. The Guard Our Border Act would reassign 95 percent of the National Guardsmen stationed at the Capitol building to the southern border since the U.S. Capitol Police said Monday that…


US Military Official: ‘China and Russia May Be Collaborating’ South of US Border

A U.S. military official on Tuesday said Russia and the Chinese regime “may be collaborating” south of the U.S.-Mexico border—namely, Venezuela. U.S. Southern Command chief Navy Admiral Craig Faller said China and transnational criminal organizations are “the two biggest threats” that U.S. forces in the SOUTHCOM, or United States Southern Command, area face. “China is…


DHS Officials Warned Biden Transition About Revoking Trump Border Policies, Former Top Advisor Says

Career officials from the Department of Homeland Security warned President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team that revoking President Donald Trump’s border policies would have “catastrophic consequences,” according to Stephen Miller, who served as Trump’s top advisor on immigration issues at the White House. “Biden’s transition team was warned by career DHS officials that terminating our proven…