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May 12, 2021

Stephen Miller blasts Mayorkas: Open borders policy making US ‘complicit’ with groups ‘profiting off misery'

Former Trump speechwriter Stephen Miller accused the Biden administration on Wednesday of being complicit with criminal cartels that are trafficking both humans and drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border

May 12, 2021

Immigration hawks raise concerns about Stefanik's voting record as she launches GOP leadership bid

With Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-NY – the favorite to replace Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., as House GOP Conference chair – groups calling for stricter immigration policies are concerned by what they see as a voting record that is not in line with their priorities.

May 12, 2021

Mainstream news networks face criticism for significantly reduced coverage of worsening border crisis

New numbers compiled by the Media Research Center showed a significant reduction in mainstream media coverage of the border crisis, even as the situation continues to worsen for the Biden administration.

May 12, 2021

Arizona AG calls for Harris to be removed from border role amid continued high migrant numbers

FIRST ON FOX: Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is calling for Vice President Kamala Harris to be replaced in her role spearheading the administration’s diplomatic efforts to end the crisis at the southern border -- a day after Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that the number of migrant encounters had again risen.

May 12, 2021

White House confident as multiple crises converge on Biden: 'That's what we're made for’

The White House maintained confidence Wednesday, as multiple challenges hit the Biden administration, with press secretary Jen Psaki saying "that's what we're made for."

May 12, 2021

Texas rancher says she's taught daughters how to use firearms as border crisis grows 'out of control'

Texas rancher Stephanie Crisp-Canales described on “America’s Newsroom” what it’s like to live near the border amid the migrant “invasion” and said she “most definitely” feels abandoned by the federal government.

May 12, 2021

Mayorkas: US must tackle 'root causes' of border surge, construct asylum pathways as numbers stay high

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday said that the U.S. must invest in tackling "root causes" of the migration crisis and construct "legal pathways" for asylum-seekers as part of the solution to the border crisis -- as new numbers show migrant encounters remaining high.

May 12, 2021

Migrant encounters in April more than 900% higher than last year

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced late Tuesday that it encountered more than 178,000 migrants in April, a slight increase to the high numbers of March -- but a more than 900% increase over April of last year, putting into context how dramatically the numbers have spiked in recent months.

May 12, 2021

Democrat Del Rio, Texas mayor: Biden admin telling me border is 'under control'

The Democratic mayor of Del Rio, Texas said Wednesday that he believes that the U.S. southern border is “wide open” for illegal immigrants, despite insistence from the Biden administration claiming the opposite.

May 12, 2021

Border crisis: GOP senator introduces bill allowing local police to enforce immigration laws

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a first-term Republican senator from Alabama, is introducing a bill to give state and local law enforcement more jurisdiction over illegal immigration cases, as the crisis at the southern border continues to escalate.