Border security - Page 991

May 14, 2021

Number of migrant children in HHS facilities surges as border shelters empty

The Biden administration and Democratic allies in Congress have been touting a decrease in the numbers of unaccompanied children in Border Patrol facilities in recent weeks -- but it coincides with a significant increase in those held in Health and Human Services (HHS) custody, where those children are being moved.

May 14, 2021

Abbott: Texas seized enough fentanyl at border to kill 'every single person' in New York

Texas Governor Greg Abbott says Texas has apprehended enough fentanyl to kill every single person in the state of New York.

May 14, 2021

Rep. Young Kim: Biden's immigration crisis – my Texas border trip showed cartels thriving, migrants at risk

After visiting our southern border with a bipartisan delegation in South Texas and back home in California, it is clear that the situation continues to be a national security, public health and humanitarian crisis. 

May 13, 2021

Sen. Ron Johnson accuses DHS chief Mayorkas of being in ‘state of denial’ over southern border crisis

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., blasted DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on 'Your World' for claiming during a Senate hearing Thursday the Biden administration 'inherited' the crisis at the southern border

May 13, 2021

Pelosi says she has confidence in Harris addressing root cause of border crisis

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she has confidence in Vice President Kamala Harris' ability to address the root causes of the border crisis and touted progress the Biden Administration has already made to "reconstruct" the immigration system. 

May 13, 2021

Migrants attempting Rio Grande crossing into US nabbed by Mexican Marines, video shows

A video posted to social media on Thursday showed a group of Mexican Marines swarming in to apprehend a group of migrants as they waited to cross the Rio Grande into the United States. 

May 13, 2021

Sen. Blackburn to introduce bill to reinstate Trump's Migrant Protection Protocols

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is introducing a bill this week that would seek to reinstate the Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols in response to a crisis at the southern border that has overwhelmed the immigration system in recent months.

May 13, 2021

More Mexico border crossers are single adults, agents find

While asylum-seeking families and children dominate public attention, single adults represent a growing number of border encounters, nearly two of every three in April.

May 13, 2021

Sen. Marsha Blackburn: Biden can end our border crisis. My plan will kick start the solution

President Biden has all the tools he needs to end this border security crisis.

May 13, 2021

Biden administration to resume border wall levee construction as crisis worsens

The Biden administration will resume construction of southern border wall levee, Fox News confirms, as the immigration crisis continues to spiral out of control.