Tag: border

10 Percent of Illegal Immigrants Are Testing Positive for CCP Virus Before Release: Rep. McCarthy

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told reporters at a press briefing from the southern border on Monday that doctors at the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas told him that 10 percent of illegal immigrants are testing positive for the CCP virus before being released into surrounding communities. “When I talk to the doctor to see when…


‘Biden Border Crisis:’ Republicans Knock New Policies at Southern Border

President Joe Biden’s immigration policies have led to the surge in migrants traveling to the United States and illegally crossing the border, members of Congress charged on Monday. Standing in El Paso, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border, House Republicans denounced the policy changes, relaying the overcrowded conditions they saw firsthand in a holding facility and…


‘Biden Promised Us!’: Migrants Swarming US-Mexico Border Claim President Encouraged Them to Come

Migrants who are attempting to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border into the United States claim that President Joe Biden encouraged them to come. “Biden promised us that everything was going to change,” Gladys Oneida Perez Cruz, a woman who traveled to the border with her child, told the New York Times on Sunday. “He hasn’t…


Democrats, Republicans Blame Each Other Over Border Surge

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) admitted there is a “humanitarian challenge” at the border but ruled out calling it a full-fledged crisis as throngs of illegal immigrants cross the U.S.-Mexico border, as a Republican senator said it’s the fault of the current administration. “This is a humanitarian challenge to all of us,” Pelosi told ABC…


Biden’s Rhetoric, Rollback of Trump Orders Driving Spike in Illegal Border Crossings: Expert

President Joe Biden’s words and his rollback of former President Donald Trump’s immigration restrictions are the primary reasons behind a spike in illegal crossings at the United States’ southern border, an immigration expert said. “It’s driven by Biden’s rhetoric, his rollback of Trump administration restrictions at the border,” Andrew Arthur, resident fellow in law and…


Biden Admin’s ‘Don’t Come Now, Come Later’ Messaging Not Being Heeded by Migrants: Rep. Cuellar

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), whose district shares a border with Mexico, said the large number of migrants coming to the U.S-Mexico border are listening to smugglers’ or family members ’ over the Biden administration’s “Don’t come now, come later” messaging. Illegal border crossings along the southern border hit 100,411 in February, according to recently released figures, including…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (March 11)

The House passes two gun control bills that would tighten rules on background checks, President Joe Biden signs the historic $1.9 trillion stimulus package, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy says the situation at the border is spiraling out of control.


Cruz, Hawley Criticize Biden After Report That CBP Closed 3 Highway Checkpoints in Arizona

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Miss.) on March 9 criticized the Biden administration in response to a report that Customs and Border Protection had shut down three highway checkpoints in Arizona. “How much more will it take for the Biden administration to admit there is a crisis on the border?” Cruz wrote…


CBP Confirms Some Highway Checkpoints in Arizona Closed Due to ‘Shifting Trafficking Patterns’

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed on Wednesday that some highway checkpoints in Arizona are closed. A CBP spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email on March 10 that the checkpoints were closed in January “due to shifting trafficking patterns … Specifically an increase in single adults in the Tucson and Three Points stations. A…


Biden Administration Says Border ‘Not Open,’ While Calling for Expansion of Legal Entry

The Biden administration reiterated on Wednesday that the U.S.-Mexico border is “not open,” while also expressing a desire to “expand safe and legal avenues to the United States,” as it announced the restarting of a program to help minors be reunited with a parent legally in the United States. At a daily press briefing, Special Assistant to…