Category: border

DHS Chief Defends Harris Not Visiting Border, Calls GOP Question About It ‘Unfair’ and ‘Disrespectful’

June 18, 2021
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chief Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday pushed back on an inquiry by a Republican congressman about whether Vice President Kamala Harris would visit the southern border, calling the question “quite unfair and disrespectful.” Mayorkas made the remarks in June 17 testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee on his agency’s fiscal…

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Florida’s ‘Cavalry’ Helps Secure the Border: ‘You’ve Got a Storm and We’re Coming to Help You’

June 18, 2021
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At a June 16 press conference, Florida’s Ron DeSantis became the first governor to answer the plea for help from fellow Republican governors—Doug Ducey of Arizona and Greg Abbott of Texas—by authorizing the deployment of law enforcement resources to help secure the border. “It’s undeniable that the border crisis is out of control,” Christina Pushaw,…

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[Premiering 06/19 12pm ET] Border Lines (Part 2): How Mexican Cartels Use Immigrants as a Decoy For Transnational Crime

June 18, 2021
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Some say there’s a crisis at the southern border of the United States, some say illegal immigration is out of control, and others fear drug or human smuggling. Some say there’s no problem at all. So what is happening at the border? We decided to go there and see it for ourselves. We went to…

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Florida Gov. DeSantis Sending Police to Deal With Border Crisis in Arizona, Texas

June 16, 2021
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that he has authorized sending police to the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona and Texas after the two respective states requested it. DeSantis, a Republican, said Florida is the first state to answer a letter from Govs. Greg Abbott and Doug Ducey, both also Republicans, that asked all other states…

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NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (June 16)

June 16, 2021
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Highly anticipated talks between the U.S. and Russia just wrapped up in Geneva, Texas Governor Greg Abbott says construction on the border wall has begun, and a federal judge is halting Biden’s pause on oil and gas leases.

Rick Scott Vows to Delay Biden DHS Nominees Until President Visits Border

June 16, 2021
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Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on Wednesday promised to delay President Joe Biden’s homeland security nominees until the Democrat visits the U.S.-Mexico border. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee met in Washington and, in a unanimous voice vote sent three nominees to the Senate for a vote, including Jen Easterly to be the director of the…

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Trump to Join Texas Gov. Abbott on Visit to US-Mexico Border

June 15, 2021
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Former President Donald Trump plans to join Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) during a visit to the southern border on June 30, according to a statement from Trump’s official website. Trump said he accepted an invitation from Abbott to “visit to our Nation’s decimated Southern Border.” “The Biden Administration inherited from me the strongest, safest,…

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Border Lines (Part 1): How Life on the US Border is Impacted by Increased Illegal Border Crossings

June 12, 2021
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For Americans living on the Texas–Mexico border, their lives have changed dramatically with the surge in migrants illegally crossing the border into their backyards. NTD’s Life & Times went to the border to follow the migrants’ journey, the authorities who capture them, an economist who studies them, and a deputy sheriff who searches for the…

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NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (June 11)

June 11, 2021
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The Department of Justice is doubling voter enforcement staff, Senator Tom Cotton says several hundred military whistleblowers have reported what was called “anti-American indoctrination” training, and Texas finds a way that could help fix the situation at the southern border.

Smugglers Openly Advertise Illegal Border Crossings on Facebook

June 4, 2021
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Human smugglers along the southern border are openly advertising their services on Facebook and the social media company has fallen short on removing such content. A plethora of user accounts have posted offers to facilitate illegal border crossings on the platform. Some even directly advertise how much they charge for the service. Rep. Kat Cammack…

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