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Jan 11 2023
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Republicans implore House GOP to pump brakes on Biden administration impeachments
Regular business may have only just begun in the Republican-controlled House, but the first impeachment articles have already been filed against a member of the Biden administration.
Yet several Republicans are advising the House GOP not to start impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden and his administration officials over apparent policy differences instead of accusations
Washington Examiner
Nov 29 2022
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SCOTUS Takes Up Major Immigration Case Between Texas And Biden Administration
Oral arguments began on Tuesday at the Supreme Court in United States v. Texas, in which Texas and Louisiana are fighting against the Biden administration’s policy of prioritizing certain illegal immigrants for deportation, leaving the states to fend for themselves against the huge number of illegal immigrants in their states.
The Daily Wire
Dec 22 2022
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Mike Lee, Title 42 drama holds up omnibus passage
An effort led by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) to maintain Title 42 is threatening efforts to pass a sweeping government funding bill before a shutdown deadline later this week.
Congressional negotiators on both sides say the biggest holdup is ongoing negotiations to decide what the voting threshold would be to pass the amendment.
Lee’s amendment to the bipartisan deal would cut funding
The Hill
Mar 21 2021
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DHS chief says border closed, won't give timeline for facilities capable of handling surge of unaccompanied children
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas declined Sunday to provide a timeline for when the Biden administration will open new facilities capable of handling the surge of unaccompanied children at the southern border.
"We established three new facilities last week. ... We are working on the system from beginning to end. We are working around the clock 24/7," Mayorkas told CNN's
CNN (Online News)
Mar 21 2021
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DHS chief says situation at U.S.-Mexico border is a challenge more acute than ever before
Department of Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday that the surge in unaccompanied minors at the U.S.-Mexico border poses an unprecedented challenge because of actions taken under former President Donald Trump, as critics accuse the current White House of being unprepared for a humanitarian crisis at the nation’s doorstep.
“There was a system in place in both
CNBC
Nov 11 2022
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DHS secretary to Biden’s top border chief: Quit or be fired
Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus, who has clashed with immigration officials over how to handle an influx of migrants at the southern border, has lost the confidence of his bosses and has been asked to resign or be fired, according to three current and one former Department of Homeland Security officials.
Magnus was told on Wednesday by Homeland Security Secretary
Politico
Jan 23 2023
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Early rift over immigration exposes House GOP’s tough path to consensus
House Republicans’ attempt to bring a border security bill to the floor as early as this week was thwarted after backlash from more moderate Republicans, delaying not only a pledge Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) made to a handful of lawmakers but also the fulfillment of a key campaign promise to a Republican base eager for tougher immigration laws.
The bill, introduced by Rep. Chip
Washington Post
Sep 28 2021
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DHS chief says 1 in 5 migrants have ‘illness’ after Del Rio fiasco
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Monday that the “rate of illness” among illegal immigrants who have arrived at the US-Mexico border in recent months is “approximately 20 percent” — days after admitting that thousands of Haitian migrants who set up a temporary encampment under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas were not tested for COVID-19.
“When one is speaking of 7,000 or 7
New York Post (News)
Apr 28 2022
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DHS has spent $72 million to avoid building more border wall
The Department of Homeland Security has spent $72 million in shutdown costs to stop building portions of former President Trump’s border wall, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told Congress on Wednesday.
That money went to cancel contracts and deal with supplies in the pipeline for projects Mr. Mayorkas canceled.
He said that doesn’t include money the Pentagon spent to cancel
Washington Times
Jan 21 2023
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‘Catastrophic’: Former Trump Officials Shred Biden Admin Over Record-Setting Migrant Encounters
As migrant encounters for December break all records, former Trump administration officials say the Biden administration is solely to blame.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed that authorities encountered more than 250,000 migrants at the southern border in December, as previously reported by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The number shows the staggering results of the
The Daily Caller