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June 11, 2021

DHS announces plan to use border wall money to address safety, environmental issues

The Biden administration on Friday announced that it will use any remaining money designated for the wall at the southern border to address what it described as safety and environmental issues near construction, as it described the project as an example of the Trump administration’s "misplaced priorities."

June 11, 2021

Facebook fails to police human smugglers sneaking migrants into US, report finds

Nineteen pages on Facebook purportedly offering human smuggling services to help migrants illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border remained active on the platform for a least a month despite the company being notified about them, a report says. 

June 11, 2021

AZ attorney general to Biden: Come home, deal with border crisis

Mark Brnovich argues the Biden administration has done nothing to help border states' security.

June 11, 2021

GOP lawmakers blast Dems for ignoring the border crisis for 100 days

Republican lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee blasted the committee Democrats for ignoring their calls to hold a hearing on the crisis at the southern border for 100 days.

June 11, 2021

Gen. Jack Keane talks major threats as world leaders to meet today at G7 summit

Gen. Jack Keane joined "Fox & Friends" Friday to discuss the threats facing the United States as President Biden attends the G7 summit in the United Kingdom. Keane called out several U.S. National Security-related problems plaguing the Biden Administration - a response to the president referring to climate change as the ‘greatest threat.’

June 11, 2021

FBI director confirms Mexico cartel activity 'spilling over' into US amid border crisis

FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday said there is "no question" that cartel activity from Mexico is "spilling over" into the U.S. – as the country faces a historic crisis at the southern border triggered by a massive surge in migration.

June 11, 2021

Texas Border Patrol agents rescue drowning migrants; 1 agent injured in a rollover crash

Images released by the Border Patrol this week show the moment agents in Texas rescued two migrants who were “caught in the undercurrent of a canal attempting to enter illegally into the USA.”

June 11, 2021

Gov. Greg Abbott announces Texas will build border wall amid Biden's 'willful, wanton disregard for laws'

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced his state has allocated $1 billion border security, telling “The Ingraham Angle” on Thursday he will use part of that money to resume construction of the border wall.

June 10, 2021

Kamala Harris snaps at Univision anchor while pressed on when she'll visit border: 'I'm not finished'

Vice President Kamala Harris had a tense exchange with Univision anchor Ilia Calderón over when she will visit the southern border.

June 10, 2021

Gov. Abbott says Texas will build border wall amid immigration crisis

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday he will soon unveil plans for the construction of a wall along the state’s shared border with Mexico as part of a slew of actions meant to address an ongoing immigration crisis.