Career officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 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 adviser on immigration issues at the White House. “Biden’s transition team was warned by career DHS officials that terminating our…
DHS Officials Warned Biden Transition Team About Revoking Trump Border Policies, Former Top Adviser Says
Vice President Harris Ducks Question on Child Immigrants: ‘I Haven’t Been Briefed’
Vice President Kamala Harris, a vociferous critic of the previous administration’s unaccompanied minor detention policies, on Tuesday avoided a question on how the administration she’s a part of is holding minor immigrants in border states. “I haven’t been briefed on anything today about it, but I will when I get on the plane,” Harris told…
Trump on Border Crisis: ‘They’re Going to Destroy Our Country’
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday condemned President Joe Biden’s border agenda, warning that the current administration’s approach would “destroy” the United States. In an interview with Maria Bartiromo aired on Fox News on March 16, Trump lamented Biden’s decision to freeze or reverse several of the previous administration’s border policies, including the construction of…
Biden Tells Migrants ‘Don’t Come Over’ Amid Border Crisis
President Joe Biden said in an interview aired on Tuesday that Central American migrants should remain in their “town or city or community” instead of trekking to the United States and crossing the border illegally. “I can say quite clearly: Don’t come over,” Biden told ABC News. The president made the comments amid a surge…
Sen. Manchin Calls Border Surge a ‘Crisis,’ as Scrutiny Grows
As the border surge continues to escalate amid increasing scrutiny, one Democrat is publicly criticizing the administration for how it handled its messaging on immigration, as well as the situation itself. The White House and the Biden administration have repeatedly refused to use the word “crisis” when describing the historical increase of illegal immigrants crossing the…
Biden: No Plans to Visit Border
President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he does not plan for now to visit the southern border of the United States amid a surge in illegal immigrants. Asked before boarding Marine One in Washington whether he has plans to visit the border, Biden told reporters: “Not at the moment.” Biden was scheduled to fly…
US Border Official: Smugglers’ Message Spreading Wider Than Biden Administration’s
Messaging from human smugglers that the U.S.-Mexico border is open is spreading wider than claims from President Joe Biden’s administration that the border is not open, a top administration official said Tuesday. “The smugglers are agile and quick and word of mouth gets through, and they are exploiting people’s hope and desperation,” Roberta Jacobson said…
Border Situation Makes Immigration Bill ‘Much Harder’: Lindsey Graham
The surge in illegal immigrants crossing America’s southern border makes reaching an agreement on immigration “much harder,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday. “It’s going to be really hard to get a bipartisan bill put together on anything that has a legalization component until you stop the flow,” he told reporters on Capitol Hill. Illegal…
Illegal Border Crossings Will Be Highest in 20 Years: Homeland Security Secretary
The number of migrants who are illegally entering into the United States via the Southern Border has spiked during President Joe Biden’s first two months in office, said the head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday. “We are on pace to encounter more individuals on the southwest border than we have in…
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